Due to the high stringency of our search, ESTs for genes traditionally known as melanocyte/melanoma-specific genes, such as TYR (Hs.503555), DCT (Hs.301865), MLANA (Hs.154069), and SILV (Hs.95972), were not selected because they also match entries of other tissue datasets. The gene discussed is DCT; the disease is melanoma.