Inactivation of PMEL alters melanosome shape but has only a subtle effect on visible pigmentation

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Hellström, Anders R ^a   Watt, Brenda ^b   Fard, Shahrzad Shirazi ^a   Tenza, Danièle ^c   Mannström, Paula ^d   Narfström, Kristina ^e   Ekesten, Björn ^f   Ito, Shosuke ^g   Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^g   Larsson, Jimmy ^a   Ulfendahl, Mats ^d   Kullander, Klas ^a   Raposo, Graça ^c   Kerje, Susanne ^a   Hallböök, Finn ^a   Marks, Michael S ^b   Andersson, Leif ^a,f  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^f SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^g FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUMELANIN; MELANIN; MELANOCYTE PROTEIN PMEL 17; PHEOMELANIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SI PROTEIN, MOUSE; TYRP1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOSOME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; SKIN CELL; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TYRP1 GENE; UVEA; WILD TYPE; ALLELE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDERMIS; GENETICS; HAIR COLOR; HELA CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; MUTATION; PIGMENTATION; SKIN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS; VERTEBRATA;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; EPIDERMIS; GP100 MELANOMA ANTIGEN; HAIR COLOR; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MELANINS; MELANOSOMES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; SKIN;

EID: 80053436599     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002285     Document Type: Article

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