Localization of sepiapterin reductase in pigment cells of Oryzias latipes

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 501-503

  Negishi, Sumiko ^a   Fujimoto, Kengo ^b   Katoh, Setsuko ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEIKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biopterin; Melanin; Melanophore; Xanthophore

Indexed keywords

BIOPTERIN; DIAMINOBENZIDINE; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PEROXIDASE; PTERIDINE; SEPIAPTERIN; SEPIAPTERIN REDUCTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOPHORE; MELANOSOME; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT CELL; XANTHOPHORE;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANIMALS; CHROMATOPHORES; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; ORYZIAS;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; LEUCOPHORA; MAMMALIA; MELANOPHORA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; ORYZIAS; ORYZIAS LATIPES; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0041335285     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2003.00079.x     Document Type: Article

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