Light-sensitive response in melanophores of Xenopus laevis: II. Rho is involved in light-induced melanin aggregation

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 276, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-131

  Miyashita, Yoko ^a   Moriya, Tsuneo ^a   Yokosawa, Noriko ^a   Hatta, Shinichi ^a   Arai, Jun Ichiro ^b   Kusunoki, Shinichiro ^c   Toratani, Satoshi ^d   Yokosawa, Hideyoshi ^d   Fujii, Nobuhiro ^a   Asami, Kouichi ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ministry of International Trade and Industry   (Japan)

^c Life Science Laboratory Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSE; BOTULINUM TOXIN; EXOENZYME C3, CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MELANIN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOLOGY; LIGHT; MELANOPHORE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TAIL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSE; ADP RIBOSE TRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; LIGHT; MELANINS; MELANOPHORES; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; TAIL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030268088     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19961001)276:2<125::AID-JEZ5>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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