Composition of mammalian eumelanins: Analyses of DHICA-derived units in pigments from hair and melanoma cells

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 63-67

  Wilczek, Adam ^a   Kondoh, Hirofumi ^a   Mishima, Yutaka ^a  

^a Mishima Inst Dermatological Res   (Japan)

Author keywords

DOPAchrome tautomerase; Melanin monomer; Melanogenesis; Pigmentation

Indexed keywords

CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

5,6 DIHYDROXY 2 INDOLYLCARBOXYLIC ACID; 5,6 DIHYDROXYINDOLE; 5,6-DIHYDROXY-2-INDOLYLCARBOXYLIC ACID; 5,6-DIHYDROXYINDOLE; EUMELANIN; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; MELANIN; PIGMENT; POLYMER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASIAN; C57BL MOUSE; CAUCASIAN; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MELANOMA; HAIR; HAIR COLOR; HAMSTER; HUMAN; MOUSE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CRICETINAE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HAIR; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; INDOLES; MELANINS; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030115391     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1996.tb00090.x     Document Type: Article

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