ISOLATION OF SUBCELLULAR GRANULES FROM 2ND-STAGE JUVENILES OF MELOIDOGYNE-INCOGNITA

  • 1 January 1985
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 17  (4) , 482-488
Abstract
Subcellular granules from the second-stage (preparasitic) juveniles of root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita were isolated by isopycnic centrifugation on Percoll. The granules had an apparent density of 1.13 g/cm3. The relative specific activity of acid phosphatase in the granule extract was 8.4. Acid phosphatase activity was also detected histochemically in the subventral gland granules. Electron microscopy and malate dehydrogenase activity indicated that contamination of granules by mitochondrial was negligible. Electrophoresis of the granule extract in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate showed 15-20 major proteins bands.