PUBLICATION
Reflecting on the iridophore transcriptome, and more
- Authors
- Lapedriza, A., and Kelsh, R.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-131119-14
- Date
- 2014
- Source
- Pigment cell & melanoma research 27(1): 2-3 (Review)
- Registered Authors
- Kelsh, Robert
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Gene Expression Profiling*
- Melanocytes/metabolism*
- Retinal Pigment Epithelium/metabolism*
- Zebrafish/genetics*
- Zebrafish/metabolism*
- PubMed
- 24134217 Full text @ Pigment Cell Melanoma Res.
Citation
Lapedriza, A., and Kelsh, R. (2014) Reflecting on the iridophore transcriptome, and more. Pigment cell & melanoma research. 27(1):2-3.
Abstract
Mammals and poikilotherms share two melanised pigment cell types, the melanocytes derived from the neural crest and the retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) derived from the brain (Bharti et al., 2006). Zebrafish, chicken and human studies have identified some of the main genes involved in melanin production in the RPE, however, the extent to which the transcriptome of these two melanised cell-types is shared remains unclear. In addition to the melanised cells, fish and other poikilotherms have other pigment cells derived from the neural crest, including iridophores. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Errata / Notes
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Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping