Melanocit: Razlika med redakcijama

'''Melanociti''' so [[celica|celice]], ki se nahajajo v bazalni plasti [[Koža#Vrhnjica|vrhnjice]] (epidermisa), [[žilna plast|žilni plasti]] [[oko|očesa]] (uvea),<ref name=pmid6616275>{{cite journal | author=Barden, H. & Levine, S. | title=Histochemical observations on rodent brain melanin | journal=Brain Res. Bull. | volume=10 | issue=6 | pages=847–851 | year=1983 | pmid=6616275 | doi=10.1016/0361-9230(83)90218-6 }}</ref> notranjem ušesu,<ref name=pmid17247639>{{cite journal | author=Markert, C.L. & Silvers, W.K. | title=The effects of genotype and cell environment on melanoblast differentiation in the house mouse | journal=Genetics | volume=41 | issue=3 | pages=429–450 | year=1956 | pmid=17247639 | doi=}}</ref>, [[možganska ovojnica|možganskih ovojnicah]],<ref name=pmid4940552>{{cite journal | author=Mintz, B. | title=Clonal basis of mammalian differentiation | journal=Symp. Soc. Exp. Biol. | volume=25 | issue= | pages=345–370 | year=1971 | pmid=4940552 | doi= }}</ref> [[kost]]eh,<ref name=pmid14426921>{{cite journal | author=Nichols, S.E. & Reams, W.M. | title=The occurrence and morphogenesis of melanocytes in the connective tissues of the PET/MCV mouse strain | journal=J. Embryol. Exp. Morphol. | volume=8 | issue= | pages=24–32 | year=1969 | pmid=14426921 | doi= }}</ref> in [[srce|srcu]]<ref name=pmid5476812>{{cite journal | author=Theriault, L.L. & Hurley, L.S. | title=Ultrastructure of developing melanosomes in C57 black and pallid mice | journal=Dev. Biol. | volume=23 | issue=2 | pages=261–275 | year=1970 | pmid=5476812 | doi=10.1016/0012-1606(70)90098-9}}</ref> ter proizvajajo [[pigment]] [[melanin]], ki je odgovoren za barvo [[koža|kože]], [[las]] in [[roženica|roženice]] ter ščiti te strukture pred [[ultravijolična svetloba|ultravijolično svetlobo]] (UV).