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. 1989 Feb 15;45(2):186-90.
doi: 10.1007/BF01954871.

Distribution of tunichrome and vanadium in sea squirt blood cells sorted by flow cytometry

E M Oltz  1 , S Pollack, T Delohery, M J Smith, M Ojika, S Lee, K Kustin, K Nakanishi
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Distribution of tunichrome and vanadium in sea squirt blood cells sorted by flow cytometry

E M Oltz et al. Experientia. .

Abstract

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.

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