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SUBMITTER: Jiang XZ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3999511 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jiang Xuan-Zhao XZ Cong Lin L Niu Jin-Zhi JZ Dou Wei W Wang Jin-Jun JJ
Scientific reports 20140425
A constant ratio of ferritin heavy chain homolog (HCH) and light chain homolog (LCH) subunits seems to be required to compose the ferritin heteropolymer protein in insects. However, the mechanism by which insect LCH genes regulate protein levels remains unclear. We report that alternative promoters and alternative splicing contribute to maintaining a constant ratio of the two subunits, BdFer1HCH and BdFer2LCH (ferritin 1 HCH and ferritin 2 LCH), in Bactrocera dorsalis, a notorious quarantine pes ...[more]