Possible involvement of nitric oxide in signaling pigment dispersion in teleostean melanophores

Zoological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1207-1215

  Hayashi, Hiroshi ^a,b   Fujii, Ryozo ^a,c  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coloration; Melanophore; Nitric oxide; Pigment dispersion

Indexed keywords

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; KRYPTOPTERUS BICIRRHIS; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; MELANOPHORA; OMPOK BIMACULATUS; SILURIDAE; SILURIFORMES; TELEOSTEI; ZACCO TEMMINCKII;

CYCLIC GMP; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; SCAVENGER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CYPRINIFORMES; DRUG EFFECT; MELANOPHORE; MELANOSOME; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; CATFISHES; CYCLIC GMP; CYPRINIDAE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; MELANOPHORES; MELANOSOMES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0035541938     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.18.1207     Document Type: Article

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