Melanins, melanogenesis and melanocytes: Looking at their functional significance from the chemist's viewpoint

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 283-293

  Prota, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ANIMAL; ART; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ITALY; LITERATURE; MELANOCYTE; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ITALY; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; PORTRAITS; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033860093     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2000.130412.x     Document Type: Review

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