A reassessment of the structure of 5,6-dihydroxyindole-2-carboxylic acid melanins by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 204-208

  Napolitano, Alessandra ^a   Pezzella, Alessandro ^a   Prota, Giuseppe ^a   Seraglia, Roberta ^b   Traldi, Pietro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESORPTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OLIGOMERS;

BIOSYNTHETIC PRECURSORS; CHEMICAL OXIDATION; DIHYDROXYINDOLE; ENZYMATIC OXIDATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; HIGH-MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYMERS; MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; OPTIMISATIONS; SPECTRA'S; STRUCTURAL INVESTIGATION;

MELANIN;

EID: 0001409961     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0231(19960131)10:2<204::AID-RCM460>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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