Application of the New Stereological Probes to the Study of the Melanosome in Cloudman S91 Melanoma Cells

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 77-84

  Fang, Dong ^a,b   Dockery, Peter ^a,c   Weatherhead, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cloudman S91; Melanin; Melanogenesis; Melanoma; Melanosome; Number weighted mean volume; Stereology; Volume weighted mean volume

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; CHEMISTRY; EXPERIMENTAL MELANOMA; MELANOCYTE; PATHOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031063721     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1997.tb00471.x     Document Type: Article

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