Secretory products of the Malpighian tubules of Cicadellidae (Hemiptera, Membracoidea): An ultrastructural study

International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 179-193

  Rakitov, R A ^a  

^a SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Brochosomes; Glands; Scanning and electron transmission microscopy; Secretion of proteins and lipids; Secretory epithelium

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; INSECT; LIPID ANALYSIS; MALPIGHIAN TUBULE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SECRETION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0033490801     PISSN: 00207322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7322(99)00023-9     Document Type: Article

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