FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term adult iron accumulating cell ID (Ontology) FBbt:00059268 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition 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).[ FlyBase:FBrf0222542 ]
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adult enterocyte
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midgut enterocyte             |
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adult midgut epithelial cell  |
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Is a adult midgut enterocyte
iron accumulating cell
Part of adult midgut constriction R3-R4
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