A morphological and functional characterization of Bombyx mori larval midgut cells in culture

Invertebrate Survival Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 119-126

  Cermenati, G ^a   Corti, P ^a   Caccia, S ^a   Giordana, B ^a   Casartelli, Morena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori larval midgut; Columnar cells in culture; Cytoskeletal scaffolding; Digestive enzymes; Protein uptake; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349130651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1824307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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