The Amphibian Kupffer Cells Build and Demolish Melanosomes: An Ultrastructural Point of View

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 271-287

  Sichel, Giovanni ^a   Scalia, Marina ^a   Mondio, Filippo ^a   Corsaro, Concetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amphibian Kupffer cell melanosomogenesis; Amphibian liver; Amphibian liver resident macrophages; Melanosomes

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; VERTEBRATA;

PIGMENT;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FROG; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER; MELANOCYTE; METABOLISM; SALAMANDER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; ANIMALS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; KUPFFER CELLS; LIVER; MELANOCYTES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; RANA ESCULENTA; TRITURUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031242972     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1997.tb00687.x     Document Type: Article

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