Yolk synthesis in ovarian follicles ofDrosophila
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The autonomous synthesis of yolk proteins in ovarian follicles ofDrosophila melanogaster was analyzed. Vitellogenic follicles were labelled with35S-methionine in vitro and the newly synthesized yolk proteins were separated by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Possible contamination of the follicle preparations caused by adhering fat body cells could be excluded by culturing follicles in males prior to labelling in vitro. When labelled follicles were cut at the nurse cell/oocyte border the three yolk proteins (YP1, YP2, YP3) were found only in posterior fragments containing ooplasm and follicle cells, whereas two radioactive protein bands (A and B) were detected in nurse cells (anterior fragments). The yolk proteins of these five bands were characterized by peptide mapping. Band A protein, migrating a little more slowly than YP2, is closely related to both YP1 and YP2 while band B contains a yolk protein which is very similar to YP3. Hence, the nurse cells have been identified as a site of vitellogenin synthesis within the ovary ofDrosophila.
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Intrafollicular yolk synthesis Vitellogenesis Drosophila folliclePreview
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