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Term:
Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
pigment granule +     
cyanosome 
iridosome 
leucosome 
melanosome +   
A tissue-specific, membrane-bounded cytoplasmic organelle within which melanin pigments are synthesized and stored. Melanosomes are synthesized in melanocyte cells.
pigment granule membrane +   
pterinosome 

Synonyms
Xrefs: Wikipedia:Melanosome
Only In Taxon: NCBITaxon:33208 ! Metazoa
Never In Taxon: NCBITaxon:4895 ! Schizosaccharomyces ;   NCBITaxon:6237 ! Caenorhabditis
Definition Sources: GOC:jl, PMID:11584301

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