Melanocyte showing melanosomes

  • Alistair Hume
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Melanocyte showing melanosomes. Alistair Hume. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Isolated melanin-producing cell (a melanocyte) showing the melanosomes (vesicles that hold the melanin granules) in yellow, the actin in red and the microtubules in blue. The melanin gets transferred from the melanocytes to the epidermal cells, giving colour to the skin and hair. Biomedical Image Awards 2002.

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