Fat body of Prorhinotermes simplex (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae): Ultrastructure, inter-caste differences and lipid composition

Micron

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 648-656

  Šobotník, Jan ^a   Weyda, František ^b   Hanus, Robert ^a,c   Cvačka, Josef ^a   Nebesářová, Jana ^c,d  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Adipocyte; Biocrystal; Glycogen; Lipid droplets; Proteins; Termite; Triacylglycerols; Ultrastructure; Urocyte

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; GROWTH KINETICS; ISOMERS; LIPIDS; PROTEINS;

ADIPOCYTE; BIOCRYSTAL; GLYCOGEN; LIPID DROPLETS; TERMITES; TRIACYLGLYCEROLS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UROCYTE;

CELL CULTURE;

GLYCOGEN; INSECT PROTEIN; LIPID;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL INCLUSION; CELL VACUOLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; FAT BODY; FEMALE; ISOPTERA; MALE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADIPOCYTES; ANIMALS; CYTOPLASM; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GLYCOGEN; INCLUSION BODIES; INSECT PROTEINS; ISOPTERA; LIPIDS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; VACUOLES;

ARTHROPODA; ISOPTERA; PRORHINOTERMES SIMPLEX; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 33745847478     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2006.01.012     Document Type: Article

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