Ultrastructural characterization of the hemocytes of Culex quinquefasciatus (DIPTERA: Culicidae)

Micron

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 359-367

  Brayner, F A ^a,b   Araujo H R C ^a,b   Cavalcanti, M G S ^a,b   Alves, L C ^a,b   Peixoto, C A ^a,b  

^a Depto de Biol Cel e Ultraestrut   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Culex quinquefasciatus (Insecta); Electron microscopy; Hemocytes; Light microscopy; Morphology; Mosquito

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CONDENSATION; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GRANULAR CELLS; PLASMATOCYTES; PROHEMOCYTES;

CELLS;

CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; INSECTA; SPHERULES;

EID: 17844368172     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2004.11.007     Document Type: Article

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