Bacteriolytic factor in the salivary glands of Aedes aegypti - ScienceDirect

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Comparative Biochemistry

Volume 83, Issue 4, 1986, Pages 819-822

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Comparative Biochemistry

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Abstract

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1. Salivary gland homogenates from adult Aedes aegypti lyse Micrococcus lysodeikticus cells.
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2. The bacteriolytic factor is present in a cell type common to both male and female mosquitoes, as well as in the crop of sugar-feeding mosquitoes.
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3. The bacteriolytic factor releases digestion products from sacculi of Escherichia coli that are different from those of hen egg white lysozyme.

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^☆: This work was supported in part by a Grant in Geographic Medicine from The Rockefeller Foundation and in part by contract DAMD 17-84-4003 from the US Army Research and Development Command.

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