Rate constants for the first two chemical steps of eumelanogenesis

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 487-493

  Land, E J ^a   Ito, S ^b   Wakamatsu, K ^b   Riley, P A ^c  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Totteridge Institute for Advanced Studies   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer model; Cyclodopa; Dopachrome; Dopaquinone; Pulse radiolysis; Redox exchange

Indexed keywords

CYCLODOPA; DOPA; DOPACHROME; DOPAQUINONE; EUMELANIN; MELANIN; PIGMENT; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COMPUTER MODEL; CYCLIZATION; EUMELANOGENESIS; MELANOGENESIS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PULSE RADIOLYSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS;

BENZOQUINONES; CYCLIZATION; DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; INDOLEQUINONES; KINETICS; MELANINS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 0041835977     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2003.00082.x     Document Type: Article

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