In Vitro Culture of Melanomacrophages from the Spleen and Liver of Turtles: Comments on Melanomacrophage Morphology

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 114-119

  Rund, Chad R ^a   Christiansen, James L ^a   Johnson, James C ^b  

^a DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DES MOINES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extracutaneous pigment cell; Kupffer cell; Melanin; Melanomacrophage culture; Turtle

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; LIVER; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; SPLEEN; TURTLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; LIVER; MACROPHAGES; MELANINS; SPLEEN; TURTLES;

EID: 0032042816     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1998.tb00720.x     Document Type: Review

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