Interaction of melanin with proteins - The importance of an acidic intramelanosomal pH

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 170-179

  Mani, Indu ^a   Sharma, Vandana ^a   Tamboli, Irfan ^a   Raman, Govindarajan ^a  

^a Hindustan Lever Limited   (India)

Author keywords

Acidic pH; Melanin; Melanosome; Proteins

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; ION; MELANIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL MELANOMA; MELANOSOME; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PH; PROTEIN BINDING; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IONS; MELANINS; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MELANOSOMES; MICE; PROTEIN BINDING; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0034810422     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2001.140306.x     Document Type: Article

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