Biogenesis of melanosomes in Kupffer cells of Proteus anguinus (Urodela, Amphibia)

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 345-350

  Prelovšek, Petra Maja ^a   Bulog, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Caudata; Extracutaneous melanins; Liver; Melanosomogenesis; Pigment cell

Indexed keywords

DOPA; SIDEROPHORE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER CELL; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOSOME; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PIGMENT CELL; PROTEUS; PROTEUS ANGUINUS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; KUPFFER CELLS; LIVER; MALE; MELANOSOMES; PROTEUS; URODELA;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; CAUDATA; EURYCEA LUCIFUGA; PROTEIDAE; PROTEUS ANGUINUS;

EID: 0041695629     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2003.00061.x     Document Type: Article

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