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Melanosomes
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Melanosome
A tissue-specific, membrane-bounded cytoplasmic organelle within which melanin pigments are synthesized and stored. Melanosomes are synthesized in…
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Broader (3)
Cellular Structures
Cytoplasmic Granules
melanocyte
Narrower (3)
Eumelanin granule
Pheomelanin granule
melanosome membrane
Microbiological
Process of secretion
aspects of radiation effects
physiological aspects
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
The tetraspanin CD63 regulates ESCRT-independent and -dependent endosomal sorting during melanogenesis.
G. van Niel
,
S. Charrin
,
+6 authors
G. Raposo
Developmental cell
2011
Corpus ID: 39088566
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Melanosomes at a glance
C. Wasmeier
,
Alistair N. Hume
,
G. Bolasco
,
M. Seabra
Journal of Cell Science
2008
Corpus ID: 15588000
Melanosomes, the pigment granules that provide tissues with colour and photoprotection, are the cellular site of synthesis…
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Review
2007
Review
2007
Melanosomes — dark organelles enlighten endosomal membrane transport
G. Raposo
,
M. Marks
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
2007
Corpus ID: 10953343
Melanosomes are tissue-specific lysosome-related organelles of pigment cells in which melanins are synthesized and stored…
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Distinct Protein Sorting and Localization to Premelanosomes, Melanosomes, and Lysosomes in Pigmented Melanocytic Cells✪
G. Raposo
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D. Tenza
,
Diane M. Murphy
,
J. Berson
,
M. Marks
The Journal of cell biology
2001
Corpus ID: 524996
Melanosomes and premelanosomes are lysosome-related organelles with a unique structure and cohort of resident proteins. We have…
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Rab27a Regulates the Peripheral Distribution of Melanosomes in Melanocytes
Alistair N. Hume
,
L. Collinson
,
A. Rapak
,
A. Gomes
,
C. Hopkins
,
M. Seabra
The Journal of cell biology
2001
Corpus ID: 3374326
Rab GTPases are regulators of intracellular membrane traffic. We report a possible function of Rab27a, a protein implicated in…
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Review
2001
Review
2001
The melanosome: membrane dynamics in black and white
M. Marks
,
M. Seabra
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
2001
Corpus ID: 5537813
Melanosomes are morphologically and functionally unique organelles within which melanin pigments are synthesized and stored…
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Review
2001
Review
2001
The antimicrobial properties of melanocytes, melanosomes and melanin and the evolution of black skin.
J. Mackintosh
Journal of theoretical biology
2001
Corpus ID: 43063914
A biological issue that has not been satisfactorily resolved is the role of melanin in skin and other animal tissues. A…
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Visualization of Melanosome Dynamics within Wild-Type and Dilute Melanocytes Suggests a Paradigm for Myosin V Function In Vivo
Xufeng Wu
,
B. Bowers
,
K. Rao
,
Q. Wei
,
J. Hammer
The Journal of cell biology
1998
Corpus ID: 14055368
Unlike wild-type mouse melanocytes, where melanosomes are concentrated in dendrites and dendritic tips, melanosomes in dilute…
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Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
THE MELANOSOME: THRESHOLD TEMPERATURE FOR EXPLOSIVE VAPORIZATION AND INTERNAL ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT DURING PULSED LASER IRRADIATION
S. Jacques
,
D. McAuliffe
Photochemistry and photobiology
1991
Corpus ID: 22309169
Abstract— —The explosive vaporization of melanosomes in situ in skin during pulsed laser irradiation (pulse duration <1 μs) is…
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Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Racial Differences in the Fate of Melanosomes in Human Epidermis
G. Szabó
,
ANTONIA B. Gerald
,
M. Pathak
,
T. Fitzpatrick
Nature
1969
Corpus ID: 4223552
MELANIN pigment in the skin is located in a very small granule, the melanosome1, which is barely visible in the light microscope…
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