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The localisation of alkaline phosphatase in the midgut epithelium of Carausius morosus

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Alkaline phosphatase was found to occur only in those cells of the midgut epithelium of C. morosus that had a high lipid content. As it was localised specifically in the microvilli of the cell border it is suggested that in this insect the enzyme might be concerned with lipid absorption.

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    D. J. Beadle

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Beadle, D.J. The localisation of alkaline phosphatase in the midgut epithelium of Carausius morosus . Histochemie 27, 370–372 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00305339

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