Fat body cells of Amblyomma cajennense partially engorged females (Acari: Ixodidae) and their role on vitellogenesis process

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 213-218

  Denardi, Sandra Eloisi ^a   Bechara, Gervásio Henrique ^a   Camargo Mathias, Maria Izabel ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amblyomma cajennense; Fat body; Ovary; Tick; Vitellogenesis

Indexed keywords

YOLK PROTEIN;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; ELECTROPHORESIS; FAT BODY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FAT BODY; FEMALE; IXODIDAE; LIPIDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEINS; VITELLOGENESIS;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; ARTHROPODA; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 59849083188     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2008.10.019     Document Type: Article

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