Primary Identifier | MGI:108454 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 19 | NCBI Gene Number | 77836 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Predicted to be located in Golgi apparatus. Predicted to be active in endoplasmic reticulum membrane; melanosome; and trans-Golgi network. Is expressed in dermis; eye; and pigmented retinal epithelium. Orthologous to human MLANA (melan-A). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele exhibit dilute coat color, reduced hair number, reduced melanin and eumelanin and abnormal melanosome morphology in the hair follicle. [provided by MGI curators] |