Tyrosinase Depletion Prevents the Maturation of Melanosomes in the Mouse Hair Follicle

• Elyse K. Paterson,

  Current address: Department of Cell, Developmental and Cancer Biology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States of America

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• Thomas J. Fielder,

  Affiliation University of California Irvine Transgenic Mouse Facility, University Laboratory Animal Resources, Office of Research, Irvine, CA, United States of America

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• Grant R. MacGregor,

  Affiliation Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States of America

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• Shosuke Ito,

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Fujita Health University School of Health Sciences, Toyoake, Aichi 470–1192, Japan

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• Kazumasa Wakamatsu,

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Fujita Health University School of Health Sciences, Toyoake, Aichi 470–1192, Japan

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• Daniel L. Gillen,

  Affiliation Department of Statistics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States of America

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• Victoria Eby,

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

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• Raymond E. Boissy,

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

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• Anand K. Ganesan

  * E-mail: aganesan@uci.edu

  Affiliations Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States of America, Department of Dermatology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States of America

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