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Effect of Trypanosoma brucei infection on the salivary gland secretions of the tsetse Glossina morsitans morsitans (Westwood)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2011

N. Y. Patel ,
L. H. Otieno  and
T. K. Golder
N. Y. Patel
Affiliation:
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
L. H. Otieno
Affiliation:
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
T. K. Golder
Affiliation:
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
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Abstract

Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of saliva infected with Trypanosoma brucei showed few, very faint protein bands as compared to 11 bands from clean saliva. If the saliva collected is 6 times the normal amount, infected saliva showed all 11 bands, plus one more. Inositol and galactosamine did not appear in infected saliva. Infected saliva contained sphingomyelin in addition to phosphatidylethano-lamine, phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidyllecithin.

Keywords

Tsetsesalivary glandsalivaTrypanosoma brucei metacyclicspolyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
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International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , March 1982 , pp. 35 - 38
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Copyright © ICIPE 1982

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