Volume changes of individual melanosomes measured by scanning force microscopy

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 445-449

  Testorf, Martin F ^a   Roback, Kerstin ^a   Lundström, Ingemar ^a   Svensson, Samuel P S ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Dispersion; Melanophores; Size

Indexed keywords

ANURA; MELANOPHORA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

MOLECULAR MOTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL SIZE; HISTOLOGY; MELANOSOME; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; ULTRASTRUCTURE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMAL; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL SIZE; MELANOSOMES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MOLECULAR MOTORS; SKIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0035542875     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2001.140604.x     Document Type: Article

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