Lipopolysaccharides induce changes in the visceral pigmentation of Eupemphix nattereri (Anura: Leiuperidae)

Zoology

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 298-305

  Franco Belussi, Lilian ^a   de Oliveira, Classius ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Endotoxemia; Melanin; Pigment cells

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MELANIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENDOTOXEMIA; FROGS AND TOADS; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; VISCERA;

ANIMALS; ANURA; ENDOTOXEMIA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MELANINS; PIGMENTATION; VISCERA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 80053452976     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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