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Insect fat body cells
Insect fat body cells (highlighted here with a specific molecular marker) are secretory cells that play important roles in energy metabolism, in the immune response, and in female reproduction. In addition, the fat body produces male-specific proteins and plays a significant role in controlling male courtship behavior. (see Dauwalder et al.).
Image Credit: Cover photographs captured by Hank Adams, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
Citation: (2007) PLoS Genetics Issue Image | Vol. 3(1) January 2007. PLoS Genet 3(1): ev03.i01. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pgen.v03.i01
Published: January 26, 2007
Copyright: © 2007 . This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Insect fat body cells (highlighted here with a specific molecular marker) are secretory cells that play important roles in energy metabolism, in the immune response, and in female reproduction. In addition, the fat body produces male-specific proteins and plays a significant role in controlling male courtship behavior. (see Dauwalder et al.).
Image Credit: Cover photographs captured by Hank Adams, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.