Macromolecular array patterns of silk gland secretion in social Hymenoptera larvae

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 309-322

  Gomes, Guilherme ^a   Silva Zacarin, Elaine C M ^a   Zara, Fernando J ^a   Silva De Moraes, Regina L M ^a   Caetano, Flávio H ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ant; Bee; Larval salivary glands; Polarized light microscopy; Silk; Silk gland; Silkworm; Wasp

Indexed keywords

POLYMER; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ANT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBER; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INHERITANCE; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MACROMOLECULE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SALIVARY GLAND; SECRETION; SILK; SILKWORM; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPHECOIDEA; VESPIDAE; WASP;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEES; BOMBYX; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; SALIVARY GLANDS; SILK; WASPS;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MELIPONINAE; SPHECOIDEA; VESPIDAE; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 4844228353     PISSN: 16765680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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