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. 2021 Aug 19;12(8):747. doi: 10.3390/insects12080747

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(a) Transmission electron micrograph of a large granular BmVIII-SCC cell on day 85 of culture with gelatinous beads in a bioreactor highlighting with demarcation the putative cell-cell junction with another tick cell (b) Transmission electron micrograph of a large granular BmVIII-SCC cell on day 85 of culture with gelatinous beads in a bioreactor showing a higher magnification of putative cell-cell junctions with opposed dense regions suspected to include proteins that anchor the cells together and possibly regulate cell-cell transport.