✦ LIBER ✦

Structure of the gypsy moth vitellogenin gene

✍ Scribed by Shiv Hiremath; Kirsten Lehtoma

Book ID: 101291189
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Weight: 199 KB
Volume: 36
Category: Article
ISSN: 0739-4462
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6327(1997)36:3<151::aid-arch1>3.0.co;2-x

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Genomic clones containing the vitellogenin (Vg) gene from the gypsy moth were isolated from two genomic libraries and characterized. The nucleotide sequence of a 16,132 bp region of the gypsy moth genome was determined which included a 3,666 bp region upstream from the transcription initiation site and 499 bp region downstream from the transcribed region. Primer extension analysis was performed to identify the transcription initiation site. Gene sequence confirmed the sequence of VgmRNA recently reported [Hiremath and Lehtoma, J. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. (1997) 27:27-35] and indicated that the gypsy moth Vg gene contains seven exons interrupted by six introns. Sequence analysis of the promoter region revealed presence of several motifs associated with sex-specific and developmentally regulated genes in other systems. The nucleotide sequence comparison analyses showed that the gypsy moth Vg gene had considerably similarity with the Bombyx mori Vg gene but not with those from Anthonomous grandis and Aedes aegypti.

📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES

Natural Inhibitor of the Gypsy Moth Sex

Natural Inhibitor of the Gypsy Moth Sex Attractant

✍ CARDÉ, R. T.; ROELOFS, W. L.; DOANE, C. C. 📂 Article 📅 1973 🏛 Nature Publishing Group 🌐 English ⚖ 207 KB

Estimating the effect of gypsy moth defo

Estimating the effect of gypsy moth defoliation using MODIS

✍ K.M. de Beurs; P.A. Townsend 📂 Article 📅 2008 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 809 KB

The area of North American forests affected by gypsy moth defoliation continues to expand despite efforts to slow the spread. With the increased area of infestation, ecological, environmental and economic concerns about gypsy moth disturbance remain significant, necessitating coordinated, repeatable

The steering of zigzagging flight by mal

The steering of zigzagging flight by male gypsy moths

✍ C. T. David; J. S. Kennedy 📂 Article 📅 1987 🏛 Springer 🌐 English ⚖ 337 KB

enzyme regulating melatonin biosynthesis [11]. The melatonin synthesis is not only affected in the pineal but also in the retina itself. Comparable influences of magnetic fields on enzyme activities in the pituitary gland are not known. Therefore, a discussion on the mode of action of the disturbed

What causes outbreaks of the gypsy moth

What causes outbreaks of the gypsy moth in North America?

✍ A. Liebhold; J. Elkinton; D. Williams; R.-M. Muzika 📂 Article 📅 2000 🏛 Springer Japan 🌐 English ⚖ 170 KB

Persistence of invading gypsy moth popul

Persistence of invading gypsy moth populations in the United States

✍ Stefanie L. Whitmire; Patrick C. Tobin 📂 Article 📅 2005 🏛 Springer-Verlag 🌐 English ⚖ 404 KB

A stereospecific synthesis of (+)-dispar

A stereospecific synthesis of (+)-disparlure, sex attractant of the gypsy moth

✍ Donald G. Farnum; Tarik Veysoglu; Anja M. Cardé; Barbara Duhl-Emswiler; Taylor A 📂 Article 📅 1977 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 French ⚖ 204 KB

Disparlure, cis-7,8-epoxy-2-methyloctadecane, was identified as the female-produced sex pheromone of the gypsy moth, Lymantria &spur L., by Bierl, Beroza and Collier.' The 7R,BS enantiomer of disparlure was synthesized by Marumo' and Mori 3 and found to be more attractive to males than the racemate.