| 31. | Lentigines are distinguished from freckles ( ephelis ) based on the proliferation of melanocytes.
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| 32. | Endogenous OA1 protein expressed by normal human melanocytes is detected as a 60kDa protein.
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| 33. | The normal zebrafish embryo, above, shows the migration and maturation of melanocytes.
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| 34. | Ultraviolet light induces melanin production from melanocyte cells to cause sun tanning of skin.
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| 35. | I've read our articles on linea nigra and melanocyte-stimulating hormone.
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| 36. | Vitiligo results from the loss of melanocytes.
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| 37. | In addition to eumelanin, melanocytes can generate a yellow / red pigment called phaeomelanin.
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| 38. | In melanocytes, melanosomes ( vesicles containing the pigment melanin ) are transported on microtubules.
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| 39. | It stimulates melanocytes to produce melanin, and can also be cleaved into smaller peptides.
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| 40. | These mutations disrupt dimer formation, and as a result cause insufficient development of melanocytes.
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