Mechanisms of changes to the liver pigmentary component during the annual cycle (activity and hibernation) of Rana esculenta L

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 185-194

  Barni, Sergio ^a,b   Vaccarone, Rita ^a   Bertone, Vittorio ^a   Fraschini, Annunzia ^a   Bernini, Franco ^a   Fenoglio, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Biologia Animale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell proliferation; Frog liver; Hibernation; Melanomacrophages

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CATECHOL OXIDASE; CYCLINE; MELANIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CELL DEATH; CELL KINETICS; CELL LABELING; CELL LOSS; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FROG; HIBERNATION; LIVER CELL; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MACROPHAGE; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOSOME; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; HIBERNATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MELANINS; RANA ESCULENTA;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA ESCULENTA;

EID: 0036211952     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0021-8782.2001.00011.x     Document Type: Article

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