Dufour gland of the digger wasp Liris niger: Structure and developmental and biochemical aspects

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 315, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 125-138

  Gnatzy, Werner ^a   Volknandt, Walter ^a   Schulz, Stefan ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age related changes; Dufour gland; Gland secretion; Hydrocarbons; Liris niger (Sphecidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta); Morphology; Polypeptide contents; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ESTER; GLUE; HYDROCARBON; OIL; PHEROMONE; POLYPEPTIDE; VOLATILE AGENT; WASP VENOM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL INCLUSION; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DEVELOPMENT; EGG; ELECTRON; EPITHELIUM; EXOCRINE GLAND; FEMALE; INSECT STING; LIPOPHILICITY; LUBRICATION; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SECRETION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WASP;

ALKANES; ANIMALS; EXOCRINE GLANDS; HYDROCARBONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PROTEINS; SECRETORY VESICLES; WASPS;

HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LIRIS; SPHECIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 2442718818     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-003-0813-2     Document Type: Article

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