Pollen feeding proteomics: salivary proteins of the passion flower butterfly, Heliconius melpomene
Desiree Harpel, Darron A Cullen, Swidbert Ott, Chris D Jiggins, James R Walters
This study identifies 31 salivary proteins from Heliconius melpomene, revealing functional classes involved in pollen digestion, immunity, and housekeeping, with some unannotated proteins showing recent tandem duplications.
bioRxiv · Dec 22, 2014Molecular Biology