Cellular Plasticity among Axolotl Neural Crest-Derived Pigment Cell Lineages

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 38-44

  Thibaudeau, G ^a   Holder, S ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma; Melanophore; Neural Crest; Pigment; Transdifferentiation; Xanthophore

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE; PIGMENT;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATOPHORE; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; MELANOPHORE; MICROSCOPY; NEURAL CREST; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATOPHORES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GUANOSINE; MELANOPHORES; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; NEURAL CREST; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031989085     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1998.tb00709.x     Document Type: Article

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