Ocular albinism type 1: More than meets the eye

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 243-248

  Shen, Bin ^a   Samaraweera, Preminda ^a   Rosenberg, Benjamin ^a   Orlow, Seth J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endosome; G protein coupled receptor; Lysosome; Ocular albinism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034877496     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2001.140403.x     Document Type: Review

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