Search Results - "Lamoreux, M. Lynn"
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BLOC-1 is required for cargo-specific sorting from vacuolar early endosomes toward lysosome-related organelles
Published in Molecular biology of the cell (01-03-2007)“…Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) is a genetic disorder characterized by defects in the formation and function of lysosome-related organelles such as…”
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Agouti protein, mahogunin, and attractin in pheomelanogenesis and melanoblast-like alteration of melanocytes: a cAMP-independent pathway
Published in Pigment cell and melanoma research (01-10-2009)“…Summary Melanocortin‐1 receptor (MC1R) and its ligands, α‐melanocyte stimulating hormone (αMSH) and agouti signaling protein (ASIP), regulate switching between…”
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Tyrosinase processing and intracellular trafficking is disrupted in mouse primary melanocytes carrying the underwhite (uw) mutation. A model for oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) type 4
Published in Journal of cell science (01-08-2003)“…Oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) type 4 is a newly identified human autosomal recessive hypopigmentary disorder that disrupts pigmentation in the skin, hair and…”
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Slc7a11 Gene Controls Production of Pheomelanin Pigment and Proliferation of Cultured Cells
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (02-08-2005)“…In mammals, > 100 genes regulate pigmentation by means of a wide variety of developmental, cellular, and enzymatic mechanisms. Nevertheless, genes that…”
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The Tyr (albino) locus of the laboratory mouse
Published in Mammalian genome (01-10-2004)“…The albino mouse was already known in ancient times and was apparently selectively bred in Egypt, China, and Japan. Thus, it is not surprising that the c or…”
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Mutations in dopachrome tautomerase (Dct) affect eumelanin/pheomelanin synthesis, but do not affect intracellular trafficking of the mutant protein
Published in Biochemical journal (15-10-2005)“…Dopachrome tautomerase (Dct) is a type I membrane protein and an important regulatory enzyme that plays a pivotal role in the biosynthesis of melanin and in…”
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Reduced pigmentation (rp), a mouse model of Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome, encodes a novel component of the BLOC-1 complex
Published in Blood (15-11-2004)“…Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS), a disorder of organelle biogenesis, affects lysosomes, melanosomes, and platelet dense bodies. Seven genes cause HPS in humans…”
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Genomic, Transcriptional and Mutational Analysis of the Mouse microphthalmia Locus
Published in Genetics (Austin) (01-05-2000)“…Mouse microphthalmia transcription factor (Mitf) mutations affect the development of four cell types: melanocytes, mast cells, osteoclasts, and pigmented…”
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Interallelic Complementation at the Mouse Mitf Locus
Published in Genetics (Austin) (01-01-2003)“…Mutations at the mouse microphthalmia locus (Mitf) affect the development of different cell types, including melanocytes, retinal pigment epithelial cells of…”
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Immortalization of mouse melanocytes carrying mutations in various pigmentation genes
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The Color Loci of Mice - A Genetic Century
Published in Pigment cell research (01-08-2003)“…Color loci in mammals are those genetic loci in which mutations can affect pigmentation of the hair, skin, and/or eyes. In the mouse, over 800 phenotypic…”
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Dual loss of ER export and endocytic signals with altered melanosome morphology in the silver mutation of Pmel17
Published in Molecular biology of the cell (01-08-2006)“…Pmel17 is a pigment cell-specific integral membrane protein that participates in the formation of the intralumenal fibrils upon which melanins are deposited in…”
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Agouti Signaling Protein Inhibits Melanogenesis and the Response of Human Melanocytes to α-Melanotropin
Published in Journal of investigative dermatology (01-06-1997)“…In mouse follicular melanocytes, the switch between eumelanin and pheomelanin synthesis is regulated by the extension locus, which encodes the melanocortin-1…”
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Pigment pattern formation in the medaka embryo
Published in Pigment cell research (01-04-2005)“…Summary For the study of development of pigmentation, compared with mammalian models, fish offer the advantage of multiple chromatophore types and ready access…”
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The melanocortin 1 receptor is the principal mediator of the effects of agouti signaling protein on mammalian melanocytes
Published in Journal of cell science (01-03-2001)“…The agouti gene codes for agouti signaling protein (ASP), which is temporally expressed in wild-type mouse follicular melanocytes where it induces pheomelanin…”
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Interaction of Major Coat Color Gene Functions in Mice as Studied by Chemical Analysis of Eumelanin and Pheomelanin
Published in Pigment cell research (01-02-2001)“…Melanocytes produce two chemically distinct types of melanin pigments, eumelanin and pheomelanin. These pigments can be quantitatively analyzed by acidic…”
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Number of Mast Cells in the Peritoneal Cavity of Mice: Influence of Microphthalmia Transcription Factor through Transcription of Newly Found Mast Cell Adhesion Molecule, Spermatogenic Immunoglobulin Superfamily
Published in The American journal of pathology (01-08-2004)“…The mi (microphthalmia) locus of mice encodes a transcription factor, MITF. B6-tg/tg mice that do not express any MITF have white coats and small eyes…”
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Isolation, Chromosomal Mapping, and Expression of the Mouse Tyrosinase Gene
Published in Journal of investigative dermatology (01-11-1989)“…Using a human tyrosinase cDNA probe, we have isolated mouse tyrosinase genomic clones and used them to map the mouse tyrosinase locus and to analyze tile…”
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Mahogany (mg) stimulates feeding and increases basal metabolic rate independent of its suppression of agouti
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (13-10-1998)“…The mahogany (mg) locus originally was identified as a recessive suppressor of agouti, a locus encoding a skin peptide that modifies coat color by antagonizing…”
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Number of Mast Cells in the Peritoneal Cavity of Mice
Published in The American journal of pathology (01-08-2004)“…The mi (microphthalmia) locus of mice encodes a transcription factor, MITF. B6- tg/tg mice that do not express any MITF have white coats and small eyes…”
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