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The puffing pattern in polytene chromosomes from salivary glands of fourth-instar larvae of Trichosia pubescens was studied. It was found that the puffing pattern is rather constant during most of larval life but changes continuously in a precise sequential order during the period preceding pupation. During this period, characterized by drastic changes in the puffing pattern, amplification of specific genes and expansion of the DNA-puffs occur. The pattern of protein synthesis in the salivary gland has also been studied by means of SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and fluorography. It changes drastically and continuously during the phases preceding pupation. These changes in protein synthesis could be correlated with the changes in the puffing pattern, essentially with the activity of the DNA-puffs.
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Amabis, J.M. DNA-puffing patterns in the salivary glands of Trichosia pubescens (Diptera-Sciaridae). Genetica 62, 3–13 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00123304
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