"Melanosomes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Melanin-containing organelles found in melanocytes and melanophores.
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D020460
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A11.284.430.214.190.500.560 A11.284.430.214.190.875.190.190.560 A11.436.265.531.560 A11.436.613.560
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Melanosomes" by people in Profiles.
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The ocular albinism type 1 protein, an intracellular G protein-coupled receptor, regulates melanosome transport in pigment cells. Hum Mol Genet. 2008 Nov 15; 17(22):3487-501.
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The ocular albinism type 1 (OA1) gene controls melanosome maturation and size. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2005 Dec; 46(12):4358-64.
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The microphthalmia transcription factor (Mitf) controls expression of the ocular albinism type 1 gene: link between melanin synthesis and melanosome biogenesis. Mol Cell Biol. 2004 Aug; 24(15):6550-9.
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Effective retrovirus-mediated gene transfer in normal and mutant human melanocytes. Hum Gene Ther. 2002 May 20; 13(8):947-57.
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Expression pattern of the ocular albinism type 1 (Oa1) gene in the murine retinal pigment epithelium. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2000 Dec; 41(13):4333-7.
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Oa1 knock-out: new insights on the pathogenesis of ocular albinism type 1. Hum Mol Genet. 2000 Nov 22; 9(19):2781-8.