saliva, a new Drosophila gene expressed in the embryonic salivary glands with homologues in plants and vertebrates

Developmental and functional studies of the SLC12 gene family members from Drosophila melanogaster.

The electroneutral cation-chloride cotransporter gene family, SLC12, contains nine members in vertebrates. These include seven sodium and/or potassium-coupled chloride transporters and two membrane proteins of unknown function. Although SLC12 family members have been identified in a number of lower species, the functional properties of these proteins are unknown. There are five SLC12 homologues...

Expression of hsp90 Alpha and hsp90 Beta during Xenopus laevis Embryonic Development

Background: Members of the eukaryotic Hsp90 family function as important molecular chaperones in the assembly, folding and activation of cellular signaling in development. Two hsp90 genes, hsp90 alpha and hsp90 beta, have been identified in fish and homeothermic vertebrates but not in poikilothermic vertebrates. In the present study, the expression of hsp90 alpha and hsp90 beta genes in Xenopus...

Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis, immunological findings in saliva and salivary glands

senseless is necessary for the survival of embryonic salivary glands in Drosophila.

Apoptosis in developing Drosophila embryos is rare and confined to specific groups of cells. We explain how one organ, salivary glands, of Drosophila embryos avoids apoptosis. senseless (sens), a Zn-finger transcription factor, is expressed in the salivary primordium and later in the differentiated salivary glands. The regulation of sens expression in the salivary placodes is more complex than ...

ABSTRACT Title of dissertation: SYMBIONTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SALIVARY GLANDS OF THE POTATO LEAFHOPPER, EMPOASCA FABAE, AND THEIR FUNCTION WHEN FEEDING ON LEGUMINOUS HOSTS

Title of dissertation: SYMBIONTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SALIVARY GLANDS OF THE POTATO LEAFHOPPER, EMPOASCA FABAE, AND THEIR FUNCTION WHEN FEEDING ON LEGUMINOUS HOSTS Bridget Diane DeLay, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013 Dissertation directed by: Professor William O. Lamp Department of Entomology Many species of phloem feeding insects are host to symbiotic bacteria, which provide their hosts with nutrien...