Assays for Mammalian Tyrosinase: A Comparative Study

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 332-339

  JARA, JOSE R ^a   SOLANO, FRANCISCO ^a   LOZANO, JOSE A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Melanin; Melanogenesis; Melanoma; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATECHOL OXIDASE; ISOENZYME; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL MELANOMA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROSOME; MOUSE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMAL; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CATECHOL OXIDASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ISOENZYMES; KINETICS; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICROSOMES; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; RADIOISOTOPE DILUTION TECHNIQUE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0024201701     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: 16000749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1988.tb00128.x     Document Type: Article

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