Rab27a regulates the peripheral distribution of melanosomes in melanocytes

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 795-808

  Hume, Alistair N ^a   Collinson, Lucy M ^a   Rapak, Andrzej ^a   Gomes, Anita Q ^a   Hopkins, Colin R ^a   Seabra, Miguel C ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GTP binding proteins; Melanosome; MyosinVa; Rab27a; Vesicular transport

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MYOSIN; RAB PROTEIN; RAB27A PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MELANOCYTE; MELANOSOME; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CHOROIDEREMIA; HERMANSKI-PUDLAK SYNDROME; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MELANOSOMES; MICE; MUTATION; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; MYOSIN TYPE V; PROTEIN BINDING; RAB GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035911157     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.152.4.795     Document Type: Article

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