Open AccessThe Drosophila Nephrocyte
Author(s) -
Jianbo Na,
Ross Cagan
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.451
H-Index - 279
eISSN - 1533-3450
pISSN - 1046-6673
DOI - 10.1681/asn.2012121227
Subject(s) - biology , microbiology and biotechnology , drosophila (subgenus) , anatomy , genetics , gene
Drosophila nephrocytes have been an object of study for more than a century. They were named by Bruntz, based on observations of cells around the heart, the central nervous system, and in the sternal area in scorpions.[1][1] Kowalevsky suggested that they function as a storage kidney, because they
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