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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-10-19
pubmed:abstractText
Melanin pigments are found in all biological kingdoms. At the cellular level, correct pigmentation depends not only on correct migration of pigment cells (melanocytes) and their precursors (melanoblasts), but also on specialized cytoplasmic organelles, melanosomes. Three pigment cell-specific enzymes inside melanosomes are involved in melanogenesis: tyrosinase, TRP-1 and TRP-2/DOPA-chrome tautomerase. A point mutation of tyrosinase is sufficient to give rise to a nonfunctional enzyme, leading to albinism and associated decreased visual acuity. Several regulatory elements have been identified within the promoters of the genes encoding these three enzymes. These promoter fragments have been used to target the expression of heterogeneous genes in pigment cells of transgenic mice.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0369-8114
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
48
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
577-83
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-6-10
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10965538-Albinism, pubmed-meshheading:10965538-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10965538-Enzyme Induction, pubmed-meshheading:10965538-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:10965538-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10965538-Intramolecular Oxidoreductases, pubmed-meshheading:10965538-Mammals, pubmed-meshheading:10965538-Melanins, pubmed-meshheading:10965538-Melanocytes, pubmed-meshheading:10965538-Melanosomes, pubmed-meshheading:10965538-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:10965538-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10965538-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:10965538-Monophenol Monooxygenase, pubmed-meshheading:10965538-Oxidoreductases, pubmed-meshheading:10965538-Pigmentation, pubmed-meshheading:10965538-Pigments, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:10965538-Point Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:10965538-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:10965538-Proteins
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
[Cellular and molecular features of mammalian pigmentation--tyrosinase and TRP].
pubmed:affiliation
ISREC (Institut suisse de recherche expérimentale sur le cancer), Epalinges, Suisse.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't