Identification of the eleocytes as the vitellogenin producing cells in nereids.
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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Laboratoire d'Endocrinologie des Invertébrés, URA 148 CNRS, Université des Sciences et Techniques de Lille Flandres Artois, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France.
Porchet-Hennere
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D000818:Animals; D000845:Annelida / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D014819:Vitellogenins / Q000096:biosynthesis*
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D014819:Vitellogenins