Receptor-mediated endocytosis of lipid and lipophorin by the larval fat body, adult ovary and testis in the wax moth Galleria mellonella

Entomological Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 60-65

  Jung, Eun Suk ^a   Yun, Hwa Kyung ^a  

^a Hanseo University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fat body; Galleria mellonella; Lipophorin; Ovary; Receptor mediated endocytosis; Testis

Indexed keywords

GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 34248399098     PISSN: 17382297     EISSN: 17485967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5967.2007.00054.x     Document Type: Article

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