Melanosomes MeSH Descriptor Data 2024

MeSH Heading: Melanosomes
Tree Number(s): A11.284.430.214.190.500.560; A11.284.430.214.190.875.190.190.560; A11.409.750.560; A11.436.265.531.560; A11.436.613.560
Unique ID: D020460
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020460
Scope Note: Melanin-containing organelles found in melanocytes and melanophores.
Previous Indexing: Melanocytes (1979-1998)
Public MeSH Note: 99
History Note: 99
Date Established: 1999/01/01
Date of Entry: 1998/06/10
Revision Date: 2018/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Cells [A11]
- Cellular Structures [A11.284]
  - Intracellular Space [A11.284.430]
    - Cytoplasm [A11.284.430.214]
      - Cytoplasmic Structures [A11.284.430.214.190]
        
        Cytoplasmic Granules [A11.284.430.214.190.500]
        
        Chromaffin Granules [A11.284.430.214.190.500.207]
        
        Lamellar Bodies [A11.284.430.214.190.500.384]
        
        Melanosomes [A11.284.430.214.190.500.560]
        
        Microbodies [A11.284.430.214.190.500.585]
        
        Nissl Bodies [A11.284.430.214.190.500.610]
        
        Cytoplasmic Ribonucleoprotein Granules [A11.284.430.214.190.500.780]
        
        Weibel-Palade Bodies [A11.284.430.214.190.500.950]

Cells [A11]
- Cellular Structures [A11.284]
  - Intracellular Space [A11.284.430]
    - Cytoplasm [A11.284.430.214]
      - Cytoplasmic Structures [A11.284.430.214.190]
        
        Organelles [A11.284.430.214.190.875]
        
        Cytoplasmic Vesicles [A11.284.430.214.190.875.190]
        
        Cytoplasmic Granules [A11.284.430.214.190.875.190.190]
        
        Chromaffin Granules [A11.284.430.214.190.875.190.190.207]
        
        Cytoplasmic Ribonucleoprotein Granules [A11.284.430.214.190.875.190.190.384]
        
        Lamellar Bodies [A11.284.430.214.190.875.190.190.472]
        
        Melanosomes [A11.284.430.214.190.875.190.190.560]
        
        Microbodies [A11.284.430.214.190.875.190.190.755]
        
        Weibel-Palade Bodies [A11.284.430.214.190.875.190.190.950]

Cells [A11]
- Epidermal Cells [A11.409]
  - Melanocytes [A11.409.750]
    - Melanosomes [A11.409.750.560]

Cells [A11]
- Epithelial Cells [A11.436]
  - Chromatophores [A11.436.265]
    - Melanophores [A11.436.265.531]
      - Melanosomes [A11.436.265.531.560]

Cells [A11]
- Epithelial Cells [A11.436]
  - Melanocytes [A11.436.613]
    - Melanosomes [A11.436.613.560]

Melanosomes Preferred

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