Analysis of milk gland structure and function in Glossina morsitans: Milk protein production, symbiont populations and fecundity

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1236-1242

  Attardo, Geoffrey M ^a   Lohs, Claudia ^b   Heddi, Abdelaziz ^c   Alam, Uzma H ^a   Yildirim, Suleyman ^d   Aksoy, Serap ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX F PERUTZ LABORATORIES   (Austria)

^c UA INRA 203   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Milk gland; Reproduction; Sodalis; Tsetse; Wigglesworthia

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; ENDOSYMBIONT; FECUNDITY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN; RNA; SECRETION; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SYMBIOSIS; TSETSE FLY; WIGGLESWORTHIA;

ANIMALS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSECT PROTEINS; REPRODUCTION; SYMBIOSIS; TSETSE FLIES; WIGGLESWORTHIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GLOSSINA (GENUS); GLOSSINA MORSITANS; SODALIS; WIGGLESWORTHIA;

EID: 50549102648     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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