Ferritin in iron containing granules from the fat body of the honeybees Apis mellifera and Scaptotrigona postica

Micron

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-59

  Keim, C N ^a   Cruz Landim, C ^b   Carneiro, F G ^a   Farina, M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomineralisation; Fat body; Ferritin; Honeybee; Iron rich granules; Magnetoreception

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CELL GRANULE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FAT BODY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BEES; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; FAT BODY; FERRITINS; IRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

EID: 0036028101     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-4328(00)00071-8     Document Type: Article

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