Melatonin, melatonin receptors and melanophores: A moving story

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 454-460

  Sugden, David ^a   Davidson, Kathryn ^a   Hough, Kate A ^a   Teh, Muy Teck ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Melatonin; Melatonin receptors; Pigment aggregation; Xenopus laevis melanophores

Indexed keywords

2 BENZYL N PENTANOYLTRYPTAMINE; 2 IODOMELATONIN; ACTIN; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; BENZOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; CYCLIC AMP; DYNACTIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; IIK 7; K 185; KINESIN; LUZINDOLE; MELATONIN; MELATONIN 1C RECEPTOR; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; MELATONIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MYOSIN V; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; S 26131; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGONIST; AMPHIBIA; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MELANOPHORE; MELANOSOME; NONHUMAN; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SKIN COLOR; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; LIGANDS; MELANOSOMES; MELATONIN; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; PINEAL GLAND; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; MELANOPHORA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 4644242347     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.2004.00185.x     Document Type: Review

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