Tyrosinase Autoactivation and the Problem of the Lag Period

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 127-133

  Naish Byfield, Sandra ^a   Riley, Patrick A ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoactivation; Kinetics; Lag period; Protein binding; Quinone; Recruitment; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

4-HYDROXYANISOLE; ANISOLE DERIVATIVE; MEQUINOL; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TIME;

ANISOLES; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; KINETICS; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032087905     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1998.tb00722.x     Document Type: Article

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