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Fat Body
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Definition
: A nutritional reservoir of fatty tissue found mainly in insects and amphibians.
in AMPHIBIANS & insects
Other names
Fat Bodies; Body, Fat; Bodies, Fat
Substance
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AFP protein, Sarcophaga peregrina
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*Insect Proteins
Fat Body.
J Biochem (Tokyo) 2000 May;127(5):901-8
Fbp2 protein, Drosophila
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*Drosophila Proteins
Fat Body.
J Mol Evol 1991;33(2):194