Unusual leucophore-like cells specifically appear in the lineage of melanophores in the periodic albino mutant of Xenopus laevis

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 252-261

  Fukuzawa, Toshihiko ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Iridophore; Leucophore; Melanophore; Periodic albino; Xanthophore

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; METHYLENE BLUE;

ALBINISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL TYPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IRIDOPHORE; LEUCOPHORE LIKE CELL; MELANOCYTE; MELANOPHORE; MELANOSOME; MICROSCOPY; MUTANT; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT CELL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STAINING; STEREOMICROSCOPY; TADPOLE; XANTHOPHORE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ALBINISM; ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELLS, CULTURED; LARVA; LIGHT; MELANOCYTES; MELANOPHORES; MUTATION; ORGANELLES; PERIODICITY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; LEUCOPHORA; MELANOPHORA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 2642564304     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.2004.00135.x     Document Type: Article

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