The classical pathway of melanogenesis is not essential for melanin synthesis in the adult retinal pigment epithelium

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 339, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 551-560

  Biesemeier, Antje ^a   Kreppel, Florian ^b   Kochanek, Stefan ^b   Schraermeyer, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative pathway; ARPE 19 cell line; Human; Melanogenesis; Premelanosome; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

DOPA; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PMEL17 PROTEIN; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL VIABILITY; COMPLEMENT CLASSICAL PATHWAY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOGENESIS; MICROSCOPY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ADULT; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANINS; MELANOSOMES; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; ORGANOGENESIS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77949264867     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-009-0920-9     Document Type: Article

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