"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,
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Melanin-containing organelles found in melanocytes and melanophores.
| Descriptor ID |
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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Melanosomes" by people in Profiles.
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Melanoregulin regulates a shedding mechanism that drives melanosome transfer from melanocytes to keratinocytes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Jul 31; 109(31):E2101-9.
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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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Mouse coat color mutations: from fancy mice to functional genomics. Dev Dyn. 2006 Sep; 235(9):2401-11.
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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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Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome type 7 (HPS-7) results from mutant dysbindin, a member of the biogenesis of lysosome-related organelles complex 1 (BLOC-1). Nat Genet. 2003 Sep; 35(1):84-9.
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Ru2 and Ru encode mouse orthologs of the genes mutated in human Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome types 5 and 6. Nat Genet. 2003 Feb; 33(2):145-53.
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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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Identification of an organelle receptor for myosin-Va. Nat Cell Biol. 2002 Apr; 4(4):271-8.
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Rab27a enables myosin Va-dependent melanosome capture by recruiting the myosin to the organelle. J Cell Sci. 2001 Mar; 114(Pt 6):1091-100.