Mutation "white pupae" in the integument of Ceratitis capitata affects both defense and melanogenesis.

doi:10.1016/0145-305x(94)90011-6

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Mutation "white pupae" in the integument of Ceratitis capitata affects both defense and melanogenesis.

Developmental and comparative immunology - 1 Jan 2000

Charalambidis N D, Lambropoulou M, Marmaras V J

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Studying defense and melanogenesis processes in the cuticle of the "white pupae" (wp) and "dark pupae" (dp) mutant strains of Ceratitis capitata, we showed that both processes function equally well only in the cuticle of dp mutants, as in the wild-type cuticle. The cuticle of wp mutants lacks the...

Topics

Animals
Diptera
Escherichia coli
Hemocytes
Indolequinones
Indoles
Melanins
Monophenol Monooxygenase
Mutation
Protein Binding
Quinones

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