Formation of the Dermal Chromatophore Unit (DCU) in the Tree Frog Hyla Arborea

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 198-205

  Yasutomi, Masumi ^a   Yamada, Shinpei ^b  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromatophore migration; Dermal chromatophore unit; Metamorphosis; Tree frog

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGENASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTION; CHROMATOPHORE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIDERMIS; FIBROBLAST; FROGS AND TOADS; LARVA; MELANOPHORE; METABOLISM; METAMORPHOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CHROMATOPHORES; COLLAGEN; COLLAGENASES; EPIDERMIS; FIBROBLASTS; LARVA; MELANOPHORES; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032134945     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1998.tb00730.x     Document Type: Article

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