An intracellular antioxidant determines the expression of a melanin-based signal in a bird

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Galván, Ismael ^a   Alonso Alvarez, Carlos ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; GLUTATHIONE; MELANIN;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MELANOGENESIS; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; ANIMAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PARUS MAJOR; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIRDS; GLUTATHIONE; MELANINS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 53749089141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003335     Document Type: Article

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