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pheomelanosome

phe·o·mel·a·no·some

(fē'ō-mel'ă-nō-sōm),
A spheric melanosome of pheomelanin in red hair.
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References in periodicals archive
Gomez et al., "Intracellular vesicular trafficking of tyrosinase gene family protein in Eu- and pheomelanosome biogenesis," Pigment Cell Research, vol.
The eumelanosome is large (~0.9 x 0.3 [micro]m) and ellipsoidal with a highly ordered glycoprotein matrix that is integral to the production of the black or brown coloured eumelanin pigments, whereas the red or yellow pheomelanins are produced within smaller and spherical (~0.7 [micro]m diameter) pheomelanosomes that are composed of a loosely aggregated and disordered glycoprotein matrix (Sturm et al., 2001).
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