Summary
Transferring the temperature sensitive mutantl(1)su(f) ts67g from 25° C to 30° C before or early in the third larval instar blocks the increase in the ecdysterone titer that normally occurs at the end of the larval period. Feeding exogenous ecdysterone to these hormone-deficient larvae results in the formation of pseudopupae. The mutant was used to study ecdysterone-inducible functions in late larval salivary glands by preparing three animal samples with different hormone titers: the titer was low in one sample because of an earlier temperature shift, high in a second sample because the larvae were subsequently transferred to ecdysterone-supplemented food, and also high in a third sample that was kept at 25°C, providing a control for normal development. The effect of the different hormone conditions was studied by35S-methionine labeling of the salivary gland proteins during the larval to prepupal transition and the prepupal period. The results indicate that synthesis of several of the proteins normally appearing during the transition and prepupal period is induced by exogenous ecdysterone.
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Hansson, L., Lambertsson, A. Ecdysterone responsive functions in the mutantl(1)su(f) ts67g ofDrosophila melanogaster . Wilhelm Roux' Archiv 193, 48–51 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00848600
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