ring glandBTO (BRENDA Tissue Ontology) ID
BTO:0000302
BTO:0000302 is linked to 2 enzymes:
Definition
Hormonal cells involved in the production and release of ecdysone and juvenile hormone. In higher Diptera, a glandular organ surrounding the aorta just above the brain, formed by combining o the corpora cardiaca and the corpora allata and the thoracic glands
Synonyms
1. brain-ring gland complex
2. Weismanns ring
References
1. Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: http://species-id.net/zooterms/
2. East Tennessee State University Department of Biological Sciences Dr. Karl H. Joplin:
http://www.etsu.edu/biology/joplin.htm
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