Melanosomal pH controls rate of melanogenesis, eumelanin/phaeomelanin ratio and melanosome maturation in melanocytes and melanoma cells

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 268, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 26-35

  Ancans, Janis ^a   Tobin, Desmond J ^a   Hoogduijn, Martin J ^a   Smit, Nico P ^b   Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^c   Thody, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eumelanin phaeomelanin; Melanocyte; Melanogenesis; Melanosome; Skin pigmentation

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; EUMELANIN; GENE PRODUCT; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; P LOCUS PROTEIN; PHEOMELANIN; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL LYSATE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PH; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOMA CELL; MELANOSOME; PIGMENT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0035425773     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.2001.5251     Document Type: Article

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