The ocular albinism type 1 (OA1) protein and the evidence for an intracellular signal transduction system involved in melanosome biogenesis

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 227-233

  Schiaffino, M Vittoria ^a   Tacchetti, Carlo ^b  

^a Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

G protein coupled receptor; Lysosome; Melanosome; Ocular albinism; Organelle biogenesis

Indexed keywords

EYE PROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN OCULAR ALBINISM 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISUAL PIGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOGENESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOSOME; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LYSOSOME; MELANOCYTE; MELANOSOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCULAR ALBINISM; PIGMENT CELL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

ALBINISM, OCULAR; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EYE PROTEINS; HUMANS; MELANOSOMES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 22744435972     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.2005.00240.x     Document Type: Review

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