Excess tyrosine restores the morphology and maturation of melanosomes affected by the murine slaty mutation

Zoological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 338-345

  Hirobe, Tomohisa ^a,b   Abe, Hiroyuki ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coat color; Melanocyte; Melanosome; Slaty; Tyrosine

Indexed keywords

DOPACHROME ISOMERASE; ISOMERASE; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CONGENIC STRAIN; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; MELANOSOME; MOUSE; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; MELANOSOMES; MICE; MICE, CONGENIC; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUTATION; TYROSINE;

MURINAE;

EID: 34249663512     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.24.338     Document Type: Article

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