A model for melanosome biogenesis based on the purification and analysis of early melanosomes

Tsuneto Kushimoto, Venkatesha Basrur, Julio C. Valencia, +6

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

BiosynthesisDopachrome TautomeraseProtein FunctionBiochemistryMelanosome Biogenesis +9

Possible involvement of proteolytic degradation of tyrosinase in the regulatory effect of fatty acids on melanogenesis

Hideya Ando, Yoko Funasaka, Masahiro Oka, +6

Journal of Lipid Research

A Standardized Protocol for Assessing Regulators of Pigmentation

Victoria M. Virador, Nobuhiko Kobayashi, Jun Matsunaga, +1

Analytical Biochemistry

Standardized ProtocolOphthalmologyBioanalysisColorimetryMedicine +2

BRAF Point Mutations in Primary Melanoma Show Different Prevalences by Subtype

Yoshinori Sasaki, Chunbo Niu, Rui Makino, +8

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Somatic VariantTumor HeterogeneityMedicineMelanomaPathology +8

Enzyme Activity of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor toward Oxidized Catecholamines

Jun Matsunaga, Debasish Sinha, Lew Pannell, +4

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Cell DeathOxidative StressCatecholamine ProductsAutophagyEnzyme Activity +14

Tyrosinase: a developmentally specific major determinant of peripheral dopamine

Graeme Eisenhofer, Hua Tian, Courtney Holmes, +3

The FASEB Journal

Developmental BiologyTyrosine HydroxylasePeripheral DopamineMedicinePhysiology +10

Molecular basis of tyrosinase-negative oculocutaneous albinism. A single base mutation in the tyrosinase gene causing arginine to glutamine substitution at position 59.

Atsushi Takeda, Yasushi Tomita, Jun Matsunaga, +2

Journal of Biological Chemistry

GeneticsMolecular BiologyTyrosinase GeneMolecular GeneticsDisease Gene Identification +15

Production of Melanocyte‐Specific Antibodies to Human Melanosomal Proteins: Expression Patterns in Normal Human Skin and in Cutaneous Pigmented Lesions

Victoria M. Virador, Naoko Matsunaga, Jun Matsunaga, +8

Pigment Cell Research

ImmunologyDermatologySkin PigmentationImmunotherapyExpression Patterns +15

Involvement of ITF2 in the Transcriptional Regulation of Melanogenic Genes

Minao Furumura, S. Brian Potterf, Kazutomo Toyofuku, +3

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Transcriptional RegulationSystems BiologyFunctional GenomicsSignal TransductionMock Transfectants +10

FEMALE MATE PREFERENCE IS FOR MALE TOTAL LENGTH, NOT TAIL LENGTH IN FERAL GUPPIES

Kenji Karino, Jun Matsunaga

Behaviour

BiologyBreeding BehaviorReproductive SuccessAnimal BehaviourTail Elongation +10