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Protein Kinase A Signaling Inhibits Iridophore Differentiation in Zebrafish

Journal of Developmental Biology, 2018
In zebrafish (Danio rerio), iridophores are specified from neural crest cells and represent a tractable system for examining mechanisms of cell fate and differentiation.
Cynthia D. Cooper, Steve D. Erickson, Scott Yin, Trevor Moravec, Brian Peh, Kevin Curran   +5 more
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Morphological Characteristics and Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Three Different Phenotypes of Pristella maxillaris

Frontiers in Genetics, 2019
Pristella maxillaris is known as the X-ray fish based on its translucent body. However, the morphological characteristics and the molecular regulatory mechanisms of these translucent bodies are still unknown. In this study, the following three phenotypes,
Fangfang Bian, Xuefen Yang, Zhijie Ou, Zhijie Ou, Junzhi Luo, Bozhen Tan, Mingrui Yuan, Tiansheng Chen, Tiansheng Chen, Ruibin Yang   +9 more
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Epigenetic dynamics shaping melanophore and iridophore cell fate in zebrafish

Genome Biology, 2021
Background Zebrafish pigment cell differentiation provides an attractive model for studying cell fate progression as a neural crest progenitor engenders diverse cell types, including two morphologically distinct pigment cells: black melanophores and ...
Hyo Sik Jang, Yujie Chen, Jiaxin Ge, Alicia N. Wilkening, Yiran Hou, Hyung Joo Lee, You Rim Choi, Rebecca F. Lowdon, Xiaoyun Xing, Daofeng Li, Charles K. Kaufman, Stephen L. Johnson, Ting Wang   +12 more
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transparent, a gene affecting stripe formation in Zebrafish, encodes the mitochondrial protein Mpv17 that is required for iridophore survival

Biology Open, 2013
Summary In the skin of adult zebrafish, three pigment cell types arrange into alternating horizontal stripes, melanophores in dark stripes, xanthophores in light interstripes and iridophores in both stripes and interstripes.
Jana Krauss, Pantilis Astrinides, Hans Georg Frohnhöfer, Brigitte Walderich, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard   +4 more
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Identification of kit-ligand a as the Gene Responsible for the Medaka Pigment Cell Mutant few melanophore

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2020
The body coloration of animals is due to pigment cells derived from neural crest cells, which are multipotent and differentiate into diverse cell types.
Yuji Otsuki, Yuki Okuda, Kiyoshi Naruse, Hideyuki Saya   +3 more
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Zebrafish endzone regulates neural crest-derived chromatophore differentiation and morphology. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2008
The development of neural crest-derived pigment cells has been studied extensively as a model for cellular differentiation, disease and environmental adaptation.
Brigitte L Arduini, Glen R Gallagher, Paul D Henion   +2 more
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Developmental changes in melanophores and their asymmetrical responsiveness to melanin-concentrating hormone during metamorphosis in barfin flounder (Verasper moseri). [PDF]

, 2013
Barfin flounder larvae exhibit unique black coloration, as well as left-right asymmetry in juvenile stage as in other flatfish. In this study, we first assessed the changes in melanophores with development and then investigated their responsiveness to ...
Matsuda, Taihei, Takahashi, Akiyoshi, Tagawa, Masatomo, Yoshikawa, Naoki   +3 more
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Melanophores

, 1998
Melanophores move pigment organelles (melanosomes) from the cell center to the periphery and vice-versa. These bidirectional movements require cytoplasmic microtubules and microfilaments and depend on the function of microtubule motors and a myosin ...
Vernos, Isabelle, Nathalie Le Bot, Tuma, M. Carolina, M. Carolina Tuma, Le Bot, Nathalie, Andrew Zill, Isabelle Vernos, Gelfand, Vladimir, Vladimir Gelfand, Zill, Andrew   +9 more
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A new insight into the pigmentation of the three-spined stickleback exposed to oxidative stress: day and night study

Frontiers in Marine Science
The diverse and changing pigmentation of the skin allows fish to adapt to environmental conditions for survival and communication with conspecifics.
Ewa Sokołowska, Ewa Kulczykowska
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Ontogeny of melanophore photosensitivity in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Biology Open, 2014
Migratory species experience morphological and physiological changes during transitions between different life stages. In particular, modification of sensory systems is critical for animals to adapt to new environments.
Shyh-Chi Chen, R. Meldrum Robertson, Craig W. Hawryshyn   +2 more
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