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CHROMATOPHORES : PAPERS

Shimada A, Fukamachi S, Wakamatsu Y, Ozato K, Shima A.
Induction and characterization of mutations at the b locus of the medaka, Oryzias latipes.
Zoolog Sci. 2002;19(4):411-417.
Nakayama K, Fukamachi S, Kimura H, Koda Y, Soemantri A, Ishida T.
Distinctive distribution of AIM1 polymorphism among major human populations with different skin color.
J Hum Genet. 2002;47(2):92-4.
Fukamachi S, Shimada A, Shima A.
Mutations in the gene encoding B, a novel transporter protein, reduce melanin content in medaka.
Nat Genet. 2001 Aug;28(4):381-5.
Fukamachi S, Shimada A, Naruse K, Shima A.
Genomic analysis of gamma-ray-induced germ-cell mutations at the b locus recovered from the medaka specific-locus test.
Mutat Res. 2001 Jun;458(1-2):19-29.
Oshima N, Nakamaru N, Araki S, Sugimoto M.
Comparative analyses of the pigment-aggregating and -dispersing actions of MCH on fish chromatophores.
Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol. 2001 Jun;129(2):75-84.
Nilsson H, Steffen W, Palazzo RE.
In vitro reconstitution of fish melanophore pigment aggregation.
Cell Motil Cytoskeleton. 2001 Jan;48(1):1-10.
Sugimoto M, Uchida N, Hatayama M.
Apoptosis in skin pigment cells of the medaka, Oryzias latipes (Teleostei), during long-term chromatic adaptation: the role of sympathetic innervation.
Cell Tissue Res. 2000 Aug;301(2):205-16.
Fu L, Mambrini M, Perrot E, Chourrout D
Stable and full rescue of the pigmentation in a medaka albino mutant by transfer of a 17 kb genomic clone containing the medaka tyrosinase gene.
Gene. 2000 Jan 11;241(2):205-11.
Koga A, Wakamatsu Y, Kurosawa J, Hori H
Oculocutaneous albinism in the i6 mutant of the medaka fish is associated with a deletion in the tyrosinase gene.
Pigment Cell Res. 1999 Aug;12(4):252-8.
Inagaki H, Koga A, Bessho Y, Hori H
The tyrosinase gene from medakafish: transgenic expression rescues albino mutation.
Pigment Cell Res. 11 (5) : 283-290 (1998).
Oshima N, Nakata E, Ohta M, Kamagata S (1998)
Light-induced pigment aggregation in xanthophores of the medaka, Oryzias latipes.
Pigment Cell Res. 1998 Dec;11(6):362-7.
Hyodo-Taguchi Y, Winkler C, Kurihara Y, Schartl A, Schartl M
Phenotypic rescue of the albino mutation in the medakafish (Oryzias latipes) by a mouse tyrosinase transgene.
Mech. Develop. 68; 27-35 (1997).
Fujii R. Yamada T. Fujita T. Oshima N.
An improved photoelectric method for recording motile responses of individual leucophores.
Zoological Science (Tokyo) 14(4). 1997. 549-558.
Fujita T. Fujii R. (1997)
Endothelins disperse light-scattering organelles in leucophores of the medaka, Oryzias latipes.
Zoological Science (Tokyo) 14(4). 1997. 559-569.
Hirose E, Matsumoto J (1993)
Deficiency of the gene B impairs differentiation of melanophores in the medaka fish, Oryzias latipes: fine structure studies.
Pigment Cell Res. 6, 45-51 (1993)
Obika M, Fukuzawa T (1993)
Cytoskeletal architecture of dermal chromatophores of the freshwater teleost Oryzias latipes.
Pigment Cell Res. 6, 417-422 (1993)
Obika M.
Formation of pterinosomes and carotenoid granules In Xanthophores of the teleost Oryzias-latipes as revealed by the rapid-freezing and freeze-substitution method.
Cell & Tissue Research 271 (1) 81-86 (1993) .
Sugimoto M.
Morphological Color Changes In The Medaka Oryzias-Latipes After Prolonged Background Adaptation II. Changes In The Responsiveness Of Melanophores.
Comparative Biochemistry & Physiology A-Comparative Physiology 104 (3). 519-523 (1993).
Sugimoto M.
Morphological Color Changes In The Medaka Oryzias-Latipes After Prolonged Background Adaptation I. Changes In The Population And Morphology Of Melanophores.
Comparative Biochemistry & Physiology A-Comparative Physiology 104 (3) 513-518 (1993).
Negishi S, Kawazoe I, Kawauchi H (1988)
A sensitive bioassay for melanotropic hormones using isolated medaka melanophores.
Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 70, 127-132 (1988)
Ogawa K, Hosoya H, Yokota E, Kobayashi T, Wakamatsu Y, Ozato K, Negishi S, Obika M
Melanoma dynein: evidence that dynein is a general "motor" for microtubule-associated cell motilities.
Eur J Cell Biol. 1987 Feb;43(1):3-9.
Negishi S, Masada M, Wakamatsu Y, Ohoka T, Obika M (1982)
Epinephrine-induced changes in the cyclic nucleotide content of fish melanoma cells.
Gen Comp Endocrinol. 1982 May;47(1):88-93.
Negishi S, Obika M 1980
The effects of melanophore-stimulating hormone and cyclic nucleotides on teleost fish chromatophores.
Gen Comp Endocrinol. 1980 Dec;42(4):471-6.
Obika M, Turner WA Jr, Negishi S, Menter DG, Tchen TT, Taylor JD
The effects of lumicolchicine, colchicine and vinblastine on pigment migration in fish chromatophores.
J Exp Zool. 1978 Jul;205(1):95-110.
Kamei-Takeuchi, I. and T. Hama 1971.
Structural change of pterinosome (pteridine pigment granule) during the xanthophore differentiation of Oryzias fish.
J. Ultrastr. Res., 34:452-463.

Yamamoto TO (1969).
Inheritance of albinism in the medaka, Oryzias latipes, with special reference to gene interaction.
Genetics 1969 62:797-809.
Ide H, and Hama, T, 1969a
Subcellular localization of tyrosinase and pteridines of the chromatophores in Oryzias latipes (Teleostean fish).
Proc. Japan Acad. 45 (1), 51-56 (1969)
Hirao S, Kikuchi, R. and Hama, T., 1969a
The carotenoids of the medaka, Oryzias latipes, a teleost.
Bull. Jap. Soc. Sci. Fish. 35(2), 187-198 (1969)
Takeuchi K, 1968b
Specificity of carotenoid transfer in the larval medaka, Oryzias latipes.
J. Cell. Physiol. 72, 43-48 (1968) (abstract available)
Hama T, and Hasegawa, H, 1967
Studies on the chromatophores of Oryzias latipes (Teleosteanfish): Behavior of the pteridine, fat and carotenoid during xanthophore differentiation in the color varieties.
Proc. Japan Acad. 43, 901-906 (1967)
Hama T, Goto T,  Tohnoki Y and Hiyama Y1965
Proc. Japan Acad. 41, 305- (1965)
Tomita, H. and T. Hishida 1961.
A quantitative study on phenol oxidase of skins in color varieties of the medaka (Oryzias latipes).
Embryologia, 5:347-356.

Tomita, H. and T. Hishida 1961.
On the phenol oxidase of embryonic and larval stages of the medaka (Oryzias latipes).
Embryologia, 5:423-439.

Takeuchi K, 1961
A study on carotenoid metabolism in the Wakin ( Carassius auratus) and the Medaka (Oryzias latipes).
Annot. Zool. Jap. 34: 11-17.
Takeuchi K, 1960
The behavior of carotenoid and distribution of xanthophores during development of the Medaka (Oryzias latipes).
Embryologia 5. 170-177 (1960)