The melanogenic system of the liver pigmented macrophages of Rana esculenta L. - Tyrosinase activity

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 22, Issue 10-12, 2007, Pages 1065-1075

  Gallone, A ^a   Sagliano, A ^a   Guida, G ^b   Ito, S ^c   Wakamatsu, K ^c   Capozzi, V ^a   Perna, G ^a   Zanna, P ^b   Cicero, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Melanins; Melanogenesis; Pigmented Kupffer Cells; Tyrosinase; Tyrosine hydroxylase activity

Indexed keywords

5,6 DIHYDROXYINDOLE EUMELANIN; CATALASE; COPPER ION; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; ENZYME ANTIBODY; EUMELANIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PEROXIDASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTTLEFISH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FROG; IMMUNOBLOTTING; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER CELL; MACROPHAGE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOSOME; MICELLE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; LIVER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEASON; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMPHIBIA; RANA ESCULENTA; SEPIA;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; KUPFFER CELLS; LIVER; MELANINS; MELANOSOMES; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; RANA ESCULENTA; SEASONS;

EID: 34547566356     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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