Medindia LOGIN REGISTER
Medindia

Latest Publications and Research on Albinism


Ocul Oncol Pathol      

Choroidal Nevus and Melanoma in Patients with Oculocutaneous Albinism.

Rishi P, Trivedi M, Sreelakshmi K

There are limited reports of uveal "melanocytic" lesions in patients with oculocutaneous albinism, with no reports from Asia. ... Read More

Source: PubMed
PLoS ONE      

Generation of a white-albino phenotype from cobalt blue and yellow-albino rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): Inheritance pattern and chromatophores analysis.

Hattori RS, Yoshinaga TT, Butzge AJ, Hattori-Ihara S, Tsukamoto RY, Takahashi NS, Tabata YA

Albinism is the most common color variation described in fish and is characterized by a white or yellow phenotype according to the species. In rainbow ... Read More

Source: PubMed
Sci Rep      

CREBBP and WDR 24 Identified as Candidate Genes for Quantitative Variation in Red-Brown Plumage Colouration in the Chicken.

Fogelholm J, Henriksen R, Höglund A, Huq N, Johnsson M, Lenz R, Jensen P, Wright D

Plumage colouration in birds is important for a plethora of reasons, ranging from camouflage, sexual signalling, and species recognition. The genes un ... Read More

Source: PubMed
J. Invest. Dermatol.      

Research Techniques Made Simple: Cell Biology Methods for the Analysis of Pigmentation.

Benito-Martínez S, Zhu Y, Jani RA, Harper DC, Marks MS, Delevoye C

Pigmentation of the skin and hair represents the result of melanin biosynthesis within melanosomes of epidermal melanocytes, followed by the transfer ... Read More

Source: PubMed
Int J Mol Sci      

Protein Stability and Functional Characterization of Intra-Melanosomal Domain of Human Recombinant Tyrosinase-Related Protein 1.

Dolinska MB, Young KL, Kassouf C, Dimitriadis EK, Wingfield PT, Sergeev YV

Pigmentation is the result of a complex process by which the biopolymer melanin is synthesized and packed into melanosomes of melanocytes. Various typ ... Read More

Source: PubMed
Advertisement