Figure 1

Characterization of NlSP7. (A) CDS sequence of NlSP7. The solid underline indicates the signal peptide as predicted by SignalP 5.0. The asterisk (*) indicates the stop codon. The different short-repeat regions are indicated by different colors. (B,C) The bottom panels show the mean transcript levels ± SD (n = 30) of NlSP7 in whole bodies at various developmental stages (B) and in different tissues (C). RNA was extracted from nymphs at 1–5 days and female brachypterous brown planthoppers reared on Rathu Heenati rice at 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 15 days. Hd, head; Sg, salivary gland; Ov, ovary; Mg, midgut; Lg, leg; Fb, fat body was extracted from BPH adults.