adult iron accumulating cell [FBbt_00059268]
A specialized enterocyte of the adult midgut that is enriched in the iron-storage protein ferritin. It is located posteriorly to the large flat cells of the midgut, at the boundary between the middle midgut and the posterior midgut. It expresses the iron-zinc transporter Zip1 (Marianes and Spradling, 2013).
adult iron accumulating cell
ID: FBbt_00059268
Adult Cell
A specialized enterocyte of the adult midgut that is enriched in the iron-storage protein ferritin. It is located posteriorly to the large flat cells of the midgut, at the boundary between the middle midgut and the posterior midgut. It expresses the iron-zinc transporter Zip1 (Marianes and Spradling, 2013).
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- expresses: Zip42C.1
- is part of: adult midgut constriction R3-R4
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