MoTP (57055-82-0) specifically ablates zebrafish larval melanocytes. Melanocytotoxicity is dependent on tyrosinase activity.1,2 MoTP is a useful tool for elucidating melanocyte stem cell regeneration, recruitment and maintenance.3-5
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2) Yang et al. (2007), Mutations in gfpt1 and skiv2I2 cause distinct stage-specific defects in larval melanocyte regeneration in zebrafish; PLoS Genet., 3 e88
3) Hultman et al. (2009), Defects in ErbB-dependent establishment of adult melanocyte stem cells reveal independent origins for embryonic and regeneration melanocytes; PLoS Genet., 5 e1000544
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