Effects of somatolactin on melanosome aggregation in the melanophores of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) scales

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 127-133

  Zhu, Yong ^a   Thomas, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL MIGRATION; FISH; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MELANOPHORE; MELANOSOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031031137     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.6810     Document Type: Article

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