Integumental reddish-violet coloration owing to novel dichromatic chromatophores in the teleost fish, Pseudochromis diadema

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 614-617

  Goda, Makoto ^a   Ohata, Mihoko ^b   Ikoma, Hayato ^a   Fujiyoshi, Yoshinori ^a   Sugimoto, Masazumi ^b   Fujii, Ryozo ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromatophore; Erythro iridophore; Fish; Pseudochromis

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; CYTOPLASM; ERYTHROIRIDOPHORE; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; ILLUMINATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOCHROMIS DIADEMA; TELEOST; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; CHROMATOPHORES; FISHES; INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TISSUE FIXATION;

DIADEMA; PSEUDOCHROMIS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 80051888843     PISSN: 17551471     EISSN: 1755148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2011.00861.x     Document Type: Article

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