In:
Journal of Cell Science, The Company of Biologists, Vol. 41, No. 1 ( 1980-02-01), p. 65-74
Abstract:
About 20 % of xiphophorin fish (Xiphophorus maculatus) dermal melanophores which were cultured in monolayer for 5 to 10 days responded to light directly, exhibiting reversible melanosome aggregation within a few minutes. In order to determine the spectral sensitivity for the light-response, absorbance changes due to the light-induced melanosome aggregation were measured on single melanophores in a range of wavelengths from 370 to 550 nm using a recording microspectrophotometer. The melanophores showed maximum sensitivity to a wavelength of about 410 nm and very little to those longer than 500 nm. 10−4 to 10−2 M theophylline and 10−4 M cAMP had inhibitory effects on the light-response.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0021-9533
,
1477-9137
Language:
English
Publisher:
The Company of Biologists
Publication Date:
1980
detail.hit.zdb_id:
1410949-9
detail.hit.zdb_id:
1483099-1
SSG:
12
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