... least six classes of cytosolic GSTs in insects [2]. The majority of GSTsare in the Delta and Epsilon classes, and the remain-ing enzymes are in the Omega, Sigma, Theta and Zetaclasses. The ... Corp., Carlsbad, CA,USA), in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.Removal of contaminating agents from the crude RNAextract was performed using a Qiagen RNeasy kit (Qiagen,Inc., Valencia, ... obtained by Edman degradation and LC ⁄ MS ⁄ MS analysis of the purified BgGSTD1 werecrucial for the isolation of cDNA. The N-terminalamino acid sequence provided essential information toindicate...