Melanophore

Japanese: melanophore
Melanophore

…Melanin is soluble in alkali and warm concentrated sulfuric acid, but not in water. Melanin is produced in melanosomes, specialized structures formed in the cytoplasm of melanophores (often called melanocytes in warm-blooded animals and melanophores in cold-blooded animals) that are differentiated from melanoblasts. This process has been studied in detail. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "melanophore" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…メラニンはアルカリや温濃硫酸には溶けるが,水には溶けない。メラニンの生成は黒色素芽細胞が分化した黒色素胞(定温動物ではメラノサイトmelanocyte,変温動物ではメラノフォアmelanophoreと呼ばれることが多い)の細胞質内に形成される特殊な構造であるメラノソームmelanosome中で行われる。この過程は詳しく研究されている。…

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