Melanocytes [melanocyty]
topical
148
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Definition
Mammalian pigment cells that produce MELANINS, pigments found mainly in the EPIDERMIS, but also in the eyes and the hair, by a process called melanogenesis. Coloration can be altered by the number of melanocytes or the amount of pigment produced and stored in the organelles called MELANOSOMES. The large non-mammalian melanin-containing cells are called MELANOPHORES.
- Annotation
- do not confuse with MELANOPHORES
- DUI
- D008544 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0013308
- Previous indexing
- Chromatophores (1966-1968)
- History note
- 72(69)
- Public note
- 72
Allowable subheadings
- CH
- chemistry 3
- CL
- classification 3
- CY
- cytology 9
- DE
- drug effects 6
- EN
- enzymology 7
- IM
- immunology 5
- ME
- metabolism 22
- MI
- microbiology
- PS
- parasitology
- PA
- pathology 32
- PH
- physiology 17
- RE
- radiation effects 7
- TR
- transplantation 7
- UL
- ultrastructure 9
- VI
- virology
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