Melanophores
"Melanophores" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Chromatophores (large pigment cells of fish, amphibia, reptiles and many invertebrates) which contain melanin. Short term color changes are brought about by an active redistribution of the melanophores pigment containing organelles (MELANOSOMES). Mammals do not have melanophores; however they have retained smaller pigment cells known as MELANOCYTES.
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D008547
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A11.436.265.531
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Van Otterloo E, Li W, Bonde G, Day KM, Hsu MY, Cornell RA. Differentiation of zebrafish melanophores depends on transcription factors AP2 alpha and AP2 epsilon. PLoS Genet. 2010 Sep 16; 6(9):e1001122.