Grey in the core of each hair. Melanin is also responsible for the color of the skin and of the eyes. There are only two types of pigment: dark (eumelanin) or light (phaeomelanin). Combined in various combinations, these pigments create all natural hair colors. Melanin itself is the product of a specialized cell, the melanocyte, which is found in each hair follicle, from which the hair grows. As hair grows, the melanocyte injects melanin into the hair cells, which contain the protein keratin and which makes up our hair, skin, and nails. As long as the melanocytes continue injecting melanin into
Cleft lip and palate transmembrane protein 1 may belong to a new gene family. This family also contains the "Homo sapiens" cisplatin resistance related protein CRR9p which is associated with CDDP-induced apoptosis. Cleft lip and palate transmembrane protein 1 Cleft lip and palate transmembrane protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the "CLPTM1" gene. It belongs to a family of several eukaryotic cleft lip and palate transmembrane protein 1 sequences. Cleft lip with or without cleft palate is a common birth defect that is genetically complex. The nonsyndromic forms have been studied genetically using linkage and candidate-gene association studies with only partial success