Insights into the Melipona scutellaris (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini) fat body transcriptome

The insect fat body is a multifunctional organ analogous to the vertebrate liver. The fat body is involved in the metabolism of juvenile hormone, regulation of environmental stress, production of immunity regulator-like proteins in cells and protein storage. However, very little is known about the m...

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Main Authors: Cristina Soares de Sousa, José Eduardo Serrão, Ana Maria Bonetti, Isabel Marques Rodrigues Amaral, Warwick Estevam Kerr, Andréa Queiroz Maranhão, Carlos Ueira-Vieira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2013-01-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572013000200022