Essential role of RAB27A in determining constitutive human skin color.

Human skin color is predominantly determined by melanin produced in melanosomes within melanocytes and subsequently distributed to keratinocytes. There are many studies that have proposed mechanisms underlying ethnic skin color variations, whereas the processes involved from melanin synthesis in mel...

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Main Authors: Yasuko Yoshida-Amano, Akira Hachiya, Atsushi Ohuchi, Gary P Kobinger, Takashi Kitahara, Yoshinori Takema, Mitsunori Fukuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3402535?pdf=render