TY - JOUR
TI - A high mobility group protein from the dipteran insects Ceratitis capitata and Bactrocera oleae
AU - Aleporou-Marinou, V.
AU - Deli, C.
AU - Ninios, Y.
AU - Agelopoulou, B.
AU - Marinou, H.
AU - Patargias, T.
JO - Biochemical Genetics
PY - 2003
VL - 41
TODO - 7-8
SP - 235-243
PB - 
SN - 0006-2928, 1573-4927
TODO - 10.1023/A:1025558318077
TODO - antibody;  high mobility group protein;  perchloric acid, amino acid composition;  article;  Bactrocera oleae;  cross reaction;  Drosophila melanogaster;  extraction;  insect;  larva;  Mediterranean fruit fly;  molecular weight;  nonhuman;  protein analysis;  protein family;  protein isolation;  vertebrate, Animals;  Blotting, Western;  Ceratitis capitata;  Drosophila melanogaster;  Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel;  High Mobility Group Proteins;  Histones;  Nuclear Proteins;  Tephritidae, Bactrocera oleae;  Capitata;  Ceratitis;  Ceratitis capitata;  Diptera;  Drosophila melanogaster;  Hexapoda;  Insecta;  Melanogaster;  Vertebrata
TODO - Nuclei from Bactrocera oleae and Ceratitis capitata larvae contain a major protein that shares most of the characteristics of vertebrate high mobility group (HMG) proteins. Proteins are extracted from nuclei with 0.35 M NaCl, are soluble in 5% perchloric acid, are relatively small (molecular weight in the range of 10-16 kDa), and have both a high basic and a high acidic amino acid content. The amino acid constitution of these proteins is similar to that of the HMGB protein family of vertebrates. The proteins cross-react with antibodies raised against the HMGD chromosomal protein of Drosophila melanogaster. The possible relatedness of these proteins to high mobility group proteins is discussed.
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