Y. Kawaguchi et al., PROTEIN PROFILES OF LARVAL HEMOLYMPH OF BOMBYX-MORI IN ARTIFICIALLY INDUCED TRIMOLTING LARVAE USING A 1,5-DISUBSTITUTED IMIDAZOLE, Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, 42(1-2), 1997, pp. 203-209
Trimolter larvae (undergoing three larval molts) of Bombyx mori were i
nduced artificially by administrating yl-5-[(E)-2,6)-dimethyl-1,5-hept
adienyl]-imidazole (an insect growth regulator called KK-42) shortly a
fter the third molt, and analyzed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresi
s for the banding patterns of haemolymph proteins. The features were s
imilar to those previously reported for allatectomy-induced trimolters
, which mimicked the trait of the recessive trimolting mutant rt rathe
r than that of the dominant trimolting mutant M-9.