OLFACTORY DENDRITES OF THE SILKMOTH ANTHERAEA-POLYPHEMUS CRAMER (LEPIDOPTERA, SATURNIIDAE) - IMMUNOFLUORESCENT STAINING OF CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY
Gl. Kumar et Ta. Keil, OLFACTORY DENDRITES OF THE SILKMOTH ANTHERAEA-POLYPHEMUS CRAMER (LEPIDOPTERA, SATURNIIDAE) - IMMUNOFLUORESCENT STAINING OF CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY, International journal of insect morphology & embryology, 27(3), 1998, pp. 173-178
In this paper we show the presence of major cytoskeletal proteins : tu
bulin, globular actin, and intermediate filament-like protein, 2 motor
proteins: kinesin and unconventional myosin, and fodrin, in the olfac
tory dendrites of the silkmoth Antheraea polyphemus (Cramer) (Lepidopt
era: Saturniidae) by means of immunofluorescence microscopy. We also s
how crossbridges between the membrane and the microtubules and between
the microtubules themselves, as well as 'particle-like structures' cl
ose to the microtubules, by means of transmission electron microscopy.
Within the long and thin dendrites, the cytoskeletal proteins provide
structural support to the membrane, and, together with the motor prot
eins, are most probably involved in transport, motility and olfactory
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