Metal-ion interactions and the structural organization of Sepia eumelanin

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 42-48

  Liu, Yan ^a   Simon, John D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Calcium; Chelation; Ethelenediaminetetraacetic acid; Iron; Magnesium; Sepia

Indexed keywords

5,6 DIHYDROXYINDOLE 2 CARBOXYLIC ACID; CALCIUM ION; EDETIC ACID; EUMELANIN; FERRIC ION; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; MAGNESIUM ION; MELANIN; METAL; MICA; SODIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CUTTLEFISH; GRANULAR CELL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SQUID; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; IONS; MELANINS; MELANOSOMES; METALS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MOLLUSCA;

CEPHALOPODA; MICA; SEPIA; SEPIA OFFICINALIS;

EID: 12844283303     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.2004.00197.x     Document Type: Article

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