On the melanization of the rat's eye

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 142-147

  Ansorge, Michael ^a   Sahlmann, Bernd ^a   Stanka, Peter ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eye; Melanin; Melanogenesis; Melanosomes; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

MELANIN;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CILIARY BODY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EYE; MELANOCYTE; METABOLISM; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RAT; RAT STRAIN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CILIARY BODY; EYE; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS;

EID: 0030155439     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1996.tb00102.x     Document Type: Article

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