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This is a general term pertaining to hormones (color-change hormones) that modulate the translocation of pigment granules within specialized epithelial cells known as chromatophores. These hormones are also being referred to as chromatophorotropins or chromatophorotropic hormones. For Examples see: pigment-concentrating hormones and pigment-dispersing hormones.
See also: hormones/neuropeptide MiniCOPE dictionary for hormonally active proteins, peptides, neuropeptides, regulatory peptides, prohormones and their receptors.
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