Melanosomal proteins - Role in melanin polymerization

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 127-133

  Sharma, Savitha ^a   Wagh, Sushama ^a   Govindarajan, Raman ^a  

^a Hindustan Lever Limited   (India)

Author keywords

Initiation of Polymerization; Melanin binding; Preparative SDS PAGE; Solid phase binding assay

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; MELANIN; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MELANOMA; MELANOSOME; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALS; BIOPOLYMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MELANINS; MELANOMA; MELANOSOMES; MICE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROTEINS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036091788     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2002.1o076.x     Document Type: Article

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