Morphological studies on microfilaments and their organizing center in killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus L.) Melanophores

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 298-304

  Kimler, Victoria A ^a,c   Palazzolo, Katherine L ^a,d   Anne, Premchand ^a   Haddad, Maher M ^a   Lee, James B ^a   Harkins, Carmel ^a   Vallarapu, Bharat ^b   Taylor, John D ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MERCYHURST COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY   (United States)

^d Henry Ford Health Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin filaments; Fish chromatophores; Fluorescence labeling; Melanosomes; Whole cell transmission electron microscopy (WCTEM)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CELLS, CULTURED; FUNDULIDAE; MELANINS; MELANOPHORES; MELANOSOMES; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, ANIMAL; SKIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ANIMALS;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FUNDULUS; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; MELANOPHORA;

MELANIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; MELANOPHORE; MELANOSOME; METABOLISM; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; SKIN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0035989941     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2002.02031.x     Document Type: Article

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