{"id":"https://openalex.org/W162272663","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0024-3205(92)90360-2","title":"Preliminary biological characterization of a melanization stimulating factor (MSF) from the dorsal skin of the channel catfish,","display_name":"Preliminary biological characterization of a melanization stimulating factor (MSF) from the dorsal skin of the channel catfish,","publication_year":1992,"publication_date":"1992-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W162272663","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0024-3205(92)90360-2","mag":"162272663","pmid":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1528091"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1016/0024-3205(92)90360-2","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0024-3205(92)90360-2","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0024-3205(92)90360-2","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S175775512","display_name":"Life Sciences","issn_l":"0024-3205","issn":["0024-3205","1879-0631"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-b","doyens","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","medline","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Life Sciences","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref","pubmed"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5076442375","display_name":"Warren C. Johnson","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I138006243","display_name":"University of Arizona","ror":"https://ror.org/03m2x1q45","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I138006243"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Warren C. Johnson","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Anatomy, University of Arizona, Tucson 85724"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Anatomy, University of Arizona, Tucson 85724","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I138006243"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5087259397","display_name":"Preminda Samaraweera","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6155-7457","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6155-7457"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I138006243","display_name":"University of Arizona","ror":"https://ror.org/03m2x1q45","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I138006243"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Preminda Samaraweera","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Biochemistry, University of Arizona, 1501 North Campbell Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85724, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Biochemistry, University of Arizona, 1501 North Campbell Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85724, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I138006243"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5042433860","display_name":"Adelina Zuasti","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I138006243","display_name":"University of Arizona","ror":"https://ror.org/03m2x1q45","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I138006243"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Adelina Zuasti","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Anatomy, University of Arizona, 1501 North Campbell Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85724, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Anatomy, University of Arizona, 1501 North Campbell Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85724, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I138006243"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5112068108","display_name":"John H. Law","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8696-9944","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8696-9944"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I138006243","display_name":"University of Arizona","ror":"https://ror.org/03m2x1q45","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I138006243"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"John H. Law","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Biochemistry, University of Arizona, 1501 North Campbell Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85724, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Biochemistry, University of Arizona, 1501 North Campbell Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85724, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I138006243"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5113634303","display_name":"Joseph T. Bagnara","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I138006243","display_name":"University of Arizona","ror":"https://ror.org/03m2x1q45","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I138006243"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Joseph T. Bagnara","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Anatomy, University of Arizona, 1501 North Campbell Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85724, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Anatomy, University of Arizona, 1501 North Campbell Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85724, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I138006243"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I138006243"],"apc_list":{"value":3810,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3810},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0994,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":10,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.28219304,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":94},"biblio":{"volume":"51","issue":"15","first_page":"1229","last_page":"1236"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11144","display_name":"melanin and skin pigmentation","score":0.9711999893188477,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1307","display_name":"Cell Biology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/13","display_name":"Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11144","display_name":"melanin and skin pigmentation","score":0.9711999893188477,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1307","display_name":"Cell Biology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/13","display_name":"Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10268","display_name":"Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation","score":0.02710000053048134,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1312","display_name":"Molecular Biology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/13","display_name":"Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11685","display_name":"Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications","score":0.00019999999494757503,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1307","display_name":"Cell Biology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/13","display_name":"Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ictalurus-punctatus","display_name":"channel catfish","score":0.9980000257492065},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/neural-crest-cells","display_name":"neural crest cells","score":0.5920000076293945},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/melanocyte-differentiation","display_name":"melanocyte differentiation","score":0.5619999766349792}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778189562","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59576","display_name":"Catfish","level":3,"score":0.9517518281936646},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778949639","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1711508","display_name":"Ictalurus","level":4,"score":0.9495120048522949},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C140530291","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1225063","display_name":"Dorsum","level":2,"score":0.6863211989402771},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126749454","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1348455","display_name":"Neural crest","level":3,"score":0.6813833713531494},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.6335242986679077},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136203487","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1214385","display_name":"Integument","level":2,"score":0.5986586809158325},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C196843134","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33196","display_name":"Embryo","level":2,"score":0.5540114641189575},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779535977","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1342298","display_name":"Xenopus","level":3,"score":0.5313875079154968},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105702510","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q514","display_name":"Anatomy","level":1,"score":0.4423791170120239},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779715253","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q578666","display_name":"Ictaluridae","level":5,"score":0.4325099587440491},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778849931","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18960","display_name":"Sponge","level":2,"score":0.4133208394050598},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C95444343","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7141","display_name":"Cell biology","level":1,"score":0.4000929296016693},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C55493867","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7094","display_name":"Biochemistry","level":1,"score":0.1669207215309143},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C59822182","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q441","display_name":"Botany","level":1,"score":0.13310456275939941},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C505870484","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180538","display_name":"Fishery","level":1,"score":0.10373389720916748},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2909208804","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127282","display_name":"Fish <Actinopterygii>","level":2,"score":0.10331189632415771},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C104317684","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7187","display_name":"Gene","level":2,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[{"descriptor_ui":"D000818","descriptor_name":"Animals","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D006358","descriptor_name":"Hot Temperature","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D007059","descriptor_name":"Ictaluridae","qualifier_ui":"Q000378","qualifier_name":"metabolism","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D007059","descriptor_name":"Ictaluridae","qualifier_ui":"Q000502","qualifier_name":"physiology","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D008543","descriptor_name":"Melanins","qualifier_ui":"Q000378","qualifier_name":"metabolism","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D008543","descriptor_name":"Melanins","qualifier_ui":"Q000502","qualifier_name":"physiology","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D008722","descriptor_name":"Methods","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D009074","descriptor_name":"Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones","qualifier_ui":"Q000302","qualifier_name":"isolation & purification","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D009074","descriptor_name":"Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones","qualifier_ui":"Q000494","qualifier_name":"pharmacology","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D009074","descriptor_name":"Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones","qualifier_ui":"Q000502","qualifier_name":"physiology","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D010858","descriptor_name":"Pigmentation","qualifier_ui":"Q000187","qualifier_name":"drug effects","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D010858","descriptor_name":"Pigmentation","qualifier_ui":"Q000502","qualifier_name":"physiology","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D012867","descriptor_name":"Skin","qualifier_ui":"Q000737","qualifier_name":"chemistry","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D012879","descriptor_name":"Skin Physiological Phenomena","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D014357","descriptor_name":"Trypsin","qualifier_ui":"Q000494","qualifier_name":"pharmacology","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D014982","descriptor_name":"Xenopus laevis","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false}],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1016/0024-3205(92)90360-2","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0024-3205(92)90360-2","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0024-3205(92)90360-2","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S175775512","display_name":"Life Sciences","issn_l":"0024-3205","issn":["0024-3205","1879-0631"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-b","doyens","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","medline","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Life Sciences","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmid:1528091","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1528091","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Life sciences","raw_type":"Journal Article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G1921035844","display_name":"CHARACTERIZATION OF MELANOGENIC INHIBITING FACTOR","funder_award_id":"R01HD024445","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320337611","funder_display_name":"Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320332505","display_name":"U.S. Public Health Service","ror":"https://ror.org/05xf94514"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320337611","display_name":"Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development","ror":"https://ror.org/04byxyr05"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320338075","display_name":"Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/00097mb19"}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":8,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1518787232","https://openalex.org/W1980661496","https://openalex.org/W2024293021","https://openalex.org/W2026965726","https://openalex.org/W2071965635","https://openalex.org/W2094699239","https://openalex.org/W2170590482","https://openalex.org/W4243862257"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2170590482","https://openalex.org/W2442464729","https://openalex.org/W2082280550","https://openalex.org/W2157629397","https://openalex.org/W1997275968","https://openalex.org/W2071965635","https://openalex.org/W1979550661","https://openalex.org/W1174137079","https://openalex.org/W2089009162","https://openalex.org/W1898326553"],"abstract_inverted_index":null,"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-11-06T12:05:46.655746","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}