Article
Acp70A regulates Drosophila pheromones through juvenile hormone induction.
Insect biochemistry and molecular biology - 1 Jan 2015
Bontonou Gwénaëlle, Shaik Haq Abdul, Denis Béatrice, Wicker-Thomas Claude
Abstract excerpt
Mated Drosophila melanogaster females show a decrease in mating receptivity, enhanced ovogenesis, egg-laying and activation of juvenile hormone (JH) production. Components in the male seminal fluid, especially the sex peptide ACP70A stimulate these responses in females. Here we demonstrate that ACP70A is involved in the down-regulation of female sex pheromones and hydrocarbon (CHC) production. Drosophila G10...
Topics
- Animals
- Copulation
- Corpora Allata
- Down-Regulation
- Drosophila Proteins
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Female
- Hydrocarbons
- Juvenile Hormones
- Male
- Peptides
- Phenotype
