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From extraocular photoreception to pigment movement regulation: a new control mechanism of the lanternshark luminescence

The velvet belly lanternshark, Etmopterus spinax, uses counterillumination to disappear in the surrounding blue light of its marine environment. This shark displays hormonally controlled bioluminescence in which melatonin (MT) and prolactin (PRL) trigger light emission, while α-melanocyte-stimulatin...

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Autores principales: Duchatelet, Laurent, Sugihara, Tomohiro, Delroisse, Jérôme, Koyanagi, Mitsumasa, Rezsohazy, René, Terakita, Akihisa, Mallefet, Jérôme
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7311519/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32576969
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67287-w