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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