Confocal scanning laser microscopy of the follicular epithelium in ovarioles of the stick insect Carausius morosus

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 293, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 551-561

  Fausto, Anna Maria ^a   Fava, Eugenio ^a   Mazzini, Massimo ^a   Cecchettini, Antonella ^b   Giorgi, Franco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carausius morosus (Insecta); Confocal laser microscopy; Follicular epithelium; Insect ovarioles

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PHALLOIDIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; VITELLOGENIN;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CYTOSKELETON; EPITHELIUM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT; MICROTUBULE; MICROVILLUS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECTS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; VITELLINE MEMBRANE; VITELLOGENINS;

CARAUSIUS MOROSUS; INSECTA; PHASMATODEA;

EID: 0031721626     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051147     Document Type: Article

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