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