Identification of the eleocytes as the vitellogenin producing cells in nereids. |
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| Authors: | P Bonnier E Porchet-Hennere J L Baert |
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| Institution: | Laboratoire d'Endocrinologie des Invertébrés, URA 148 CNRS, Université des Sciences et Techniques de Lille Flandres Artois, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France. |
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| Abstract: | Coelomocytes of Nereis diversicolor synthesize and secrete vitellogenin in vitro. Using a monoclonal antibody which specifically recognized vitellogenin, we showed by immunocytochemistry that among the coelomocytes only a subpopulation, called eleocytes, contained vitellogenin. These results assert that eleocytes are the vitellogenin producing cells in nereids. |
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