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  • Title: Spatial organization of microtubules and microfilaments in larval and adult salivary glands of Drosophila melanogaster.
    Author: Riparbelli MG, Callaini G, Dallai R.
    Journal: Tissue Cell; 1993 Oct; 25(5):751-62. PubMed ID: 8296309.
    Abstract:
    We examined the distribution of microtubules and microfilaments by conventional fluorescence microscopy and laser scanning confocal microscopy in larval and adult salivary glands of Drosophila melanogaster. The cells of the larval salivary gland epithelium were characterized by the same spatial distribution of microfilaments, whereas microfilament localization was more complex in adult salivary glands, showing some regional differentiation. Microtubules distributed throughout the cell cytoplasm of the larval salivary glands, whereas in adult glands they were mostly observed in the basal or apical cytoplasm of the cells. These observations were related to the secretory process and the mechanism of saliva discharge.
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