Protein, Drosophila Glue

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Protein, Drosophila Glue

Glycosylated proteins which are part of the salivary glue that Drosophila larvae secrete as a means of fixing themselves to an external substrate for the duration of the pre-pupal and pupal period. The proteins which consist of at least eight polypeptides that are expressed during the third larval instar.