Transfection with the ELMOD1 and TMCO1 expression plasmids into Mel501 melanoma cells also caused a trend towards decrease in cell numbers relative to lacZ controls and untreated cells in 293T cells, however this was not statistically significant (Figure 8C, t-test p values  = 0.08 and 0.13 at 2 and 4 days, respectively). Here, ELMOD1 is linked to melanoma.