melanosome
Sign in to savethumb|7× speed timelapse video of fish melanophores responding to 200 uM adrenaline; the melanosomes retreat to the center of the star-shaped melanophore cells. thumb|Fish and frog melanophores are cells that can change colour by dispersing or aggregating pigment-containing melanosomes.
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Within Vinony's link graph, melanosome is referenced by 288 other articles, and connects out to pseudopodium, photoprotection and Brazil.
Vinony files it under Organelles and Skin anatomy.
Its subject is documented across 25 Wikipedia language editions.
Research
4,372 papers- Melanosome transport and regulation in development and disease.Pharmacology & therapeutics · 2021
- Melanosome Transport and Processing in Skin Pigmentation: Mechanisms and Targets for Pigmentation Modulation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
- Senescent melanocytes driven by glycolytic changes are characterized by melanosome transport dysfunction.Theranostics · 2023
- Melanosome Biogenesis in the Pigmentation of Mammalian Skin.Integrative and comparative biology · 2021
- SNARE dynamics during melanosome maturation.Biochemical Society transactions · 2018
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Structure
- Synthesis of melanin
- Pseudopodia and tanning
- In animals
- In fossils
- Templating
- References
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thumb|7× speed timelapse video of fish melanophores responding to 200 uM adrenaline; the melanosomes retreat to the center of the star-shaped melanophore cells. thumb|Fish and frog melanophores are cells that can change colour by dispersing or aggregating pigment-containing melanosomes.
A melanosome is an organelle found in animal cells and is the site for synthesis, storage and transport of melanin, the most common light-absorbing pigment found in the animal kingdom. Melanosomes are responsible for color and photoprotection in animal cells and tissues.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “melanosome” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.