The Silver locus product Pmel17/gp100/Silv/ME20: Controversial in name and in function

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 322-336

  Theos, Alexander C ^a   Truschel, Steven T ^a   Raposo, Graça ^b   Marks, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Endosome; ER; Fibril formation; Melanosome

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PROTEIN PREMELANOSOMAL; SILVER; TUMOR ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BIOGENESIS; ENDOSOME; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MELANOCYTE; MELANOSOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIGMENT CELL; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENDOSOMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; MELANINS; MELANOSOMES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 25444456658     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.2005.00269.x     Document Type: Review

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