An oxygen transporter hemocyanin can act on the late pathway of melanin synthesis

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 214-219

  Adachi, Kohsuke ^a,b   Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^c   Ito, Shosuke ^c   Miyamoto, Nari ^a   Kokubo, Takeshi ^a   Nishioka, Takaaki ^a   Hirata, Takashi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

5,6 dihydroxyindole; 5,6 dihydroxyindole 2 carboxylic acid; Crustacean; Hemocyanin; Hemolymph; Melanin; Phenoloxidase

Indexed keywords

5,6 DIHYDROXYINDOLE; 5,6 DIHYDROXYINDOLE 2 CARBOXYLIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DOPA; DOPAQUINONE; EUMELANIN; HEMOCYANIN; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; OXYGENASE INHIBITOR; PIGMENT; PLASMA PROTEIN; POLYMER; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CRUSTACEA; ENZYME INHIBITION; HEMOLYMPH; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRECURSOR; REACTION ANALYSIS; ZYMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HEMOCYANIN; HEMOLYMPH; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDOLES; MELANINS; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; OXYGEN; PENAEIDAE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CRUSTACEA;

EID: 19544389349     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.2005.00232.x     Document Type: Article

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