Identification and Characterization of the Lipid Transport System in the Tarantula Grammostola rosea
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52876#.VKtJrMnQrzE Author(s) Aldana Laino , Monica Cunningham , Gustavo Suárez , Carlos Fernando Garcia * Affiliation(s) Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de La Plata (INIBIOLP), CCT-La Plata CONICET-UNLP, La Plata, Argentina . ABSTRACT Lipids due to its hydrophobic nature are transported in the hemolymph mainly by lipoproteic fractions. In the present work we studied the lipoproteic fractions present in the hemolymph of the spider Grammostola rosea. Through ultracentrifugation two lipoproteic fractions are isolated, one of high density named Gr-HDL (δ = 1.13 - 1.15 g/ml) and the other of very high density ca...