Protein nitration is specifically associated with melanin production and reveals redox imbalance as a new correlate of cell maturation in the ink gland of Sepia officinalis

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 857-859

  Fiore, Gabriella ^a   Mattiello, Teresa ^a   Tedeschi, Gabriella ^b   Nonnis, Simona ^b   D'Ischia, Marco ^c   Palumbo, Anna ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; DOPAMINE; MELANIN; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PEROXIDASE; TUBULIN; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; CELL MATURATION; CUTTLEFISH; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DOPAMINE RELEASE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LETTER; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOSOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITRATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; MELANINS; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEROXIDASE; SEPIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

SEPIA OFFICINALIS;

EID: 70350117869     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2009.00626.x     Document Type: Letter

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