"Fat Body" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A nutritional reservoir of fatty tissue found mainly in insects and amphibians.
| Descriptor ID |
D005216
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A13.365
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| Concept/Terms |
Fat Body- Fat Body
- Bodies, Fat
- Body, Fat
- Fat Bodies
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| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fat Body" by people in Profiles.
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Regulation of Gene Expression Patterns in Mosquito Reproduction. PLoS Genet. 2015 Aug; 11(8):e1005450.
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Genetic studies of spectrin in the larval fat body of Drosophila melanogaster: evidence for a novel lipid uptake apparatus. Genetics. 2013 Nov; 195(3):871-81.
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Juvenile hormone and its receptor, methoprene-tolerant, control the dynamics of mosquito gene expression. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Jun 11; 110(24):E2173-81.
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The transcription factor ultraspiracle influences honey bee social behavior and behavior-related gene expression. PLoS Genet. 2012; 8(3):e1002596.