"Chromatophores" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The large pigment cells of fish, amphibia, reptiles and many invertebrates which actively disperse and aggregate their pigment granules. These cells include MELANOPHORES, erythrophores, xanthophores, leucophores and iridiophores. (In algae, chromatophores refer to CHLOROPLASTS. In phototrophic bacteria chromatophores refer to membranous organelles (BACTERIAL CHROMATOPHORES).)
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D002856
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A11.436.265
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| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chromatophores" by people in Profiles.
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Highly Efficient Knockout of a Squid Pigmentation Gene. Curr Biol. 2020 09 07; 30(17):3484-3490.e4.
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Dynamic pigmentary and structural coloration within cephalopod chromatophore organs. Nat Commun. 2019 03 01; 10(1):1004.