title: Apolipophorin-III in the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae).
abstract: The level of apolipophorin-III reached a maximum in the haemolymph of Galleria mellonella at the end of the feeding phase of the seventh larval instar and declined to a plateau value in the pupal and the adult stages. Apolipophorin-III was detected immunologically in fat body tissue, haemocyte lysates, and plasma. In its native state, apolipophorin-III may be associated with another protein with an apparent molecular mass of 77 kDa, possibly apolipophorin-II. Injections of octopamine did not cause lipid loading of high density lipophorin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Macdonald Campus, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Halwani
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Niven
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Dunphy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001053:Apolipoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D002499:Centrifugation, Density Gradient; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D007814:Larva / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D009036:Moths / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001053:Apolipoproteins; D019476:Insect Proteins; C042470:apolipophorin III