Molecular mechanisms of pigment transport in melanophores

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 283-294

  Tuma, M Carolina ^a,b   Gelfand, Vladimir I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Cytoplasmic dynein; Cytoskeleton; Kinesin II; Melanocytes; Melanophores; Microtubule; Microtubule motors; Myosin V

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALMODULIN BINDING PROTEIN; CHICKEN BRAIN MYOSIN V P190; CHICKEN BRAIN MYOSIN-V P190; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; KINESIN; KINESIN II; KINESIN-II; MUSCLE PROTEIN; MYOSIN V; NERVE PROTEIN; PIGMENT; XENOPUS PROTEIN; XKLP3 PROTEIN, XENOPUS;

ANIMAL; CELL ORGANELLE; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; FISH; MELANOPHORE; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; XENOPUS;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; DYNEIN ATPASE; FISHES; KINESIN; MELANOPHORES; MICROTUBULES; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MYOSIN TYPE V; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ORGANELLES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0033209107     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1999.tb00762.x     Document Type: Review

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