Ultrastructural cytochemistry of the sex pheromone glands of Lutzomyia cruzi male sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae)

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 399-404

  Spiegel, Carolina N ^a   Brazil, Reginaldo P ^b   Soares, Maurilio J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Laboratorio de Bioquimica e Fisiologia de Insetos   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Lutzomyia; Sand flies; Sex pheromone glands; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BUFFER; CATALASE; FAT DROPLET; IMIDAZOLE; OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE; POTASSIUM IODIDE; SEX PHEROMONE;

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DENSITY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GONAD; INCUBATION TIME; LIPID ANALYSIS; LUTZOMYIA CRUZI; MALE; MICROVILLUS; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PEROXISOME; PHLEBOTOMUS; SECRETORY CELL;

DIPTERA; LUTZOMYIA CRUZI; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 5144229261     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2004.02.002     Document Type: Article

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