melanosome
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0042470
A tissue-specific, membrane-bounded cytoplasmic organelle within which melanin pigments are synthesized and stored. Melanosomes are synthesized in melanocyte cells. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11584301 GOC:jl ]
Term info
cellular_component
GO:0042470
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_6237, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_4895
Term relations
- pigment granule
- part of some melanocyte
- in taxon some (not Caenorhabditis)
- not (in taxon some Caenorhabditis)
- only in taxon some Metazoa
- not (in taxon some Schizosaccharomyces)
- in taxon some (not Schizosaccharomyces)
- in taxon only Metazoa