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SUBMITTER: Negulescu H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4433142 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Negulescu Horia H Guo Youzhong Y Garner Thomas P TP Goodwin Octavia Y OY Henderson Gregg G Laine Roger A RA Macnaughtan Megan A MA
PloS one 20150515 5
Coptotermes formosanus is an imported, subterranean termite species with the largest economic impact in the United States. The frontal glands of the soldier caste termites comprising one third of the body mass, contain a secretion expelled through a foramen in defense. The small molecule composition of the frontal gland secretion is well-characterized, but the proteins remain to be identified. Herein is reported the structure and function of one of several proteins found in the termite defense g ...[more]