Ultrastructure of epidermal glands in neotenic reproductives of the termite Prorhinotermes simplex (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 201-208

  Sobotnik J ^a   Weyda, F ^b   Hanus, R ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Canal cells; Cuticle; Endoplasmic reticulum; Microvilli; Secretory cells

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CUTICLE; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON DENSE GRANULE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EPIDERMAL GLAND; GENITAL SYSTEM; GRANULE CELL; ISOPTERA; MICROTUBULE; MICROVILLUS; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRORHINOTERMES SIMPLEX; REPRODUCTION; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SECRETION; SECRETORY CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ISOPTERA; PRORHINOTERMES; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0141961163     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1467-8039(03)00051-3     Document Type: Article

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