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SUBMITTER: de Sousa CS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3715298 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Genetics and molecular biology 20130622 2
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 molecular mechanisms involved in fat body physiology in stingless bees. In this study, we analyzed the transcriptome of the fat body from the stingless bee Melipona scutellaris. In silico analysis of a ...[more]