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Malpighian Tubules

Known as: Tubules, Malpighian 
Slender tubular or hairlike excretory structures found in insects. They emerge from the alimentary canal between the mesenteron (midgut) and the… 
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2010
2010
Cardioacceleratory and myostimulatory activity of allatotropin in Triatoma infestans.
Review
2007
Review
2007
Rhodnius prolixus Malpighian tubules and control of diuresis by neurohormones.
Rhodnius prolixus Malpighian tubules (MTs) are a good model for fluid and ion secretion studies in view of the dramatic… 
Review
1993
Review
1993
The Drosophila EGF receptor homologue (DER) is required for Malpighian tubule development.
Defects in the locus Egfr, encoding the Drosophila EGF receptor homologue (DER), affect the development of the Malpighian tubules… 
1980
1980
Canavanine potentiates the response of insect malpighian tubules to diuretic hormone and cyclic AMP
Insects regulate the amount of water they excrete via their nalpighian tubules, the degree of stringency depending on the… 
1979
1979
Changes in hormone activity of single neurosecretory cell bodies during a physiological secretion cycle
1977
1977
Temporal control of urate oxidase activity in Drosophila: evidence of an autonomous timer in malpighian tubules.
The appearance of urate oxidase activity in the Malpighian tubules of Drosophlia melanogaster is synchronized with the time of… 
1974
1974
Active transport of magnesium by the malpighian tubules of the larvae of the mosquito, Aedes campestris.
1. Larvae of Aedes campestris can survive in water containing up to 100 mM Mg even though they ingest and absorb into the… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Fine structure of the malpighian tubules in the housefly, Musca domestica.
1970
1970
Hormonal control of the malpighian tubules of the stick insect, Carausius morosus.
1. Urine secretion by isolated Malpighian tubules of Carausius is accelerated by a diuretic hormone which can be extracted from… 
1932
1932
Memoirs: The Development of the Alimentary Canal in Pieris Brassicae and the Endodermal origin of the Malpighian Tubules of Insects
1. The interstitial (imaginal) rings of the insect gut are interpreted as homologous with the lips of the embryonic mouth and… 
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