| Literature DB >> 2920805 |
E M Oltz1, S Pollack, T Delohery, M J Smith, M Ojika, S Lee, K Kustin, K Nakanishi.
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Specialized blood cells of many tunicates accumulate high concentrations of vanadium and phenolic peptide pigments called tunichromes (TC). In order to determine whether V and TC reside in the same cells, Ascidia nigra and Ascidia ceratodes blood cell subpopulations were isolated by fluorescence-activated cell sorting (flow cytometry) and chemically analyzed. V was found in the spherical, green/grey signet ring cells, and to a lesser degree in the mulberry-shaped, yellow/green morula cells (MRs), whereas free TC was detected mainly in MRs.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2920805 DOI: 10.1007/BF01954871
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Experientia ISSN: 0014-4754