Vesicular inclusions in the nuclei of epithelial cells of Malpighian tubes of the hemipteran, Panstrongylus megistus.
Vesicular inclusions observed in Malpighian tubes of hemipterans have been associated with a virus-like infection rather than a lysosomal-type activity, which is the case of the identical cytoplasmic structures.
D000818:Animals; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000382:microbiology; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000382:microbiology; D006430:Hemiptera / Q000382:microbiology*; D007181:Inclusion Bodies, Viral / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008317:Malpighian Tubules / Q000382:microbiology / Q000648:ultrastructure