Characterization of the pigment produced by the planarian, Dugesia ryukyuensis [1]

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 248-249

  Hase, Sumitaka ^a   Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^b   Fujimoto, Kengo ^c   Inaba, Akemi ^c   Kobayashi, Kazuya ^a   Matsumoto, Midori ^a   Hoshi, Motonori ^a   Negishi, Sumiko ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MEIKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

5, 6 dihydroxyindole 2 carboxylic acid; Eumelanin; Ommochrome; Planaria; Pteridine

Indexed keywords

DROSOPTERIN; EUMELANIN; MELANIN; PHEOMELANIN; PTERIDINE; SEPIAPTERIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

EYE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TURBELLARIA;

ANIMALS; EYE COLOR; INDOLES; MELANINS; PHENOTHIAZINES; PIGMENTATION; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANARIANS; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

DUGESIA RYUKYUENSIS; PLANARIA;

EID: 33646673578     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: 16000749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.2006.00306.x     Document Type: Letter

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