Kandasamy, T., Ekbal, S., & Kumari, K. 2021 SSH reveals different functional categories of putative resin synthesizing genes in the industrial insect, Kerria lacca (Kerr). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 24: 1187–1193
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Notes: An IDS (Isopentenyl Diphosphate Synthase) type decaprenyl diphosphate synthase and a desaturase gene, acyl-CoA delta desaturase were cloned from lac insects and sequenced. Their expression levels were found to be more in lac resin synthesis stages such as settled nymphs and fertilized female insects in comparison with resin non secreting stage, crawlers (neonate nymphs). It gives a clear indication of their role in lac resin biosynthesis due to the correlation of their expression level with resin biosynthesis in lac insects.
