title: FST, a female-specific transcript from the medfly Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae).
abstract: We report here the sequence of a novel cDNA clone (FST, female-specific transcript), isolated by differential screening during a search for sexually mature accessory gland-specific transcripts from the medfly Ceratitis capitata. It contains an open reading frame (ORF) with a potential translational start site encoding a putative precursor peptide of 100 amino acids. The FST gene is expressed only in the female reproductive accessory glands. Like the accessory gland-specific antibacterial peptides ceratotoxins, its expression reaches the maximum level when sexual maturity is achieved. However, in contrast to ceratotoxins, it is expressed at a basal level in newly emerged females, and its expression does not increase after mating.
authors.affiliation: Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Siena, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rosetto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: de Filippis
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Manetti
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marchini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dallai
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004175:Diptera / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D015723:Gene Library; D017344:Genes, Insect; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D012098:Reproduction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012727:Sex Characteristics
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; D012333:RNA, Messenger