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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Genética
2013-01-01
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Series: | Genetics and Molecular Biology |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572013000200022 |