“…Equivalent amounts of total protein, as determined by BCA assay (Pierce Biotechnology, Rockford, IL, USA), from HEK cells or control and patient melanocyte extracts, were loaded onto 4–12% Tris‐Glycine gels. After blotting, the nitrocellulose membranes (Invitrogen) were probed with a rabbit polyclonal antibody specific for RAB27B (Barral et al., 2002), a mouse monoclonal antibody specific for RAB27A [BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA, USA; (Hendrix et al., 2010a)], a mouse monoclonal α‐tubulin antibody (loading control, Sigma), a GFP mouse monoclonal antibody (Millipore), a mouse monoclonal MYO5A antibody (Sigma), and a rabbit polyclonal MLPH antibody (Proteintech Group Inc.), followed by incubation with HRP‐labeled secondary anti‐mouse or anti‐rabbit antibodies (Amersham Biosciences, Piscataway, NJ, USA). The antigen–antibody complexes were detected with an Enhanced Chemiluminescence (ECL) kit (Amersham Biosciences).…”