Light-sensitive response in melanophores of Xenopus laevis: I. Spectral characteristics of melanophore response in isolated tail fin of Xenopus tadpole

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 276, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-18

  Moriya, Tsuneo ^a   Miyashita, Yoko ^a   Arai, Jun Ichiro ^b   Kusunoki, Shinichiro ^c   Abe, Masanori ^d   Asami, Kouichi ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Ministry of International Trade and Industry   (Japan)

^c Life Science Laboratory Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4,5 TRIMETHOXYBENZOIC ACID 8 (DIETHYLAMINO)OCTYL ESTER; 4 AMINOPYRIDINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CYCLIC CMP; CYCLIC GMP; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GALLIC ACID; IONOPHORE; ISOBUTYLMETHYLXANTHINE; MACROLIDE; NONACTIN; OUABAIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; VERAPAMIL;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; LIGHT; MELANOPHORE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETINA ROD; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TAIL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

1-METHYL-3-ISOBUTYLXANTHINE; 4-AMINOPYRIDINE; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CYCLIC CMP; CYCLIC GMP; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GALLIC ACID; IONOPHORES; LIGHT; MACROLIDES; MELANOPHORES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NA(+)-K(+)-EXCHANGING ATPASE; OUABAIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; RODS (RETINA); SKIN PIGMENTATION; TAIL; VERAPAMIL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; HYLA; HYNOBIUS RETARDATUS; MELANOPHORA; RANA PIRICA; STROPHANTHUS GRATUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030249393     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19960901)276:1<11::AID-JEZ2>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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