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SLC24A5 Encodes a trans-Golgi Network Protein with Potassium-dependent Sodium-Calcium Exchange Activity That Regulates Human Epidermal Melanogenesis

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It is suggested that NCKX5 directly regulates human epidermal melanogenesis and natural skin color through its intracellular potassium-dependent exchanger activity.
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This article is published in Journal of Biological Chemistry.The article was published on 2008-02-29 and is currently open access. It has received 137 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: SLC24A5 & Heterologous expression.

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NCLX is an essential component of mitochondrial Na+/Ca2+ exchange.

TL;DR: It is shown that the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger NCLX is enriched in mitochondria, where it is localized to the cristae and is the long-sought mitochondrial Na+-dependent Ca2-dependent exchanger.
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Anatomy and Organization of Human Skin

TL;DR: There is wide variation between different body sites, and the scalp with its large hair follicles may be contrasted with the forehead, which has only small vellus-producing follicles, albeit associated with large sebaceous glands.
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Molecular genetics of human pigmentation diversity

TL;DR: From a culmination of genetic and functional studies, it is apparent that a number of genes impacting melanosome biogenesis or the melanin biosynthetic pathway are candidates to explain the diversity seen in human pigmentation.
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Acidic calcium stores open for business: expanding the potential for intracellular Ca2+ signaling

TL;DR: The defining features of these 'acidic calcium stores' are reviewed and recent progress in understanding the mechanisms of uptake and release of calcium from these stores are highlighted.
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Genetics of pigmentation in skin cancer--a review.

TL;DR: The genetic variants within the genes involved in pigmentation besides influencing phenotypic traits are important determinants of risk of several skin cancers, however, ultimate risk of skin cancer is dependent on interplay between genetic and host factors.
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A haplotype map of the human genome

John W. Belmont, +232 more
TL;DR: A public database of common variation in the human genome: more than one million single nucleotide polymorphisms for which accurate and complete genotypes have been obtained in 269 DNA samples from four populations, including ten 500-kilobase regions in which essentially all information about common DNA variation has been extracted.
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The Jalview Java alignment editor

TL;DR: The Jalview Java alignment editor is presented here, which enables fast viewing and editing of large multiple sequence alignments.
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Skin pigmentation, biogeographical ancestry and admixture mapping

TL;DR: This work indicates that it is possible to estimate the individual ancestry of a person based on DNA analysis with a reasonable number of well-defined genetic markers, as well as applying two methods of admixture mapping to test for the effects of three candidate genes.
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Mutations in ATP2C1, encoding a calcium pump, cause Hailey-Hailey disease

TL;DR: The identification of mutations in ATP2C1, encoding the human homologue of an ATP-powered pump that sequesters calcium into the Golgi in yeast, is reported in 21 HHD kindreds, providing an understanding of the molecular basis of HHD and underscore the importance of calcium control to the functioning of stratified squamous epithelia.
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