An investigation on the role of 5-hydroxytryptophan in the biosynthesis of melanins

Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1292-1296

  Vogliardi, Susanna ^a   Allegri, Graziella ^a   Bertazzo, Antonella ^a   Costa, Carlo V L ^a   Seraglia, Roberta ^b   Traldi, Pietro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; 5,6 DIHYDROXYTRYPTAMINE; 5,7 DIHYDROXYTRYPTAMINE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PEROXIDASE; SEROTONIN;

BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOMER; LETTER; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOMA; OLIGOMERIZATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

5-HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; MELANINS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EID: 0036923271     PISSN: 10765174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jms.383     Document Type: Letter

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