Regulation of tyrosinase by tetrahydropteridines-What is real?: A comment on the work published by Wood et al. on December 24, 2004

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 329, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 801-803

  Wojtasek, Hubert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OPOLE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPACHROME; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PTERIDINE DERIVATIVE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ALLOSTERISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HYDROGEN BOND; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SPECTROMETRY; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 14844295412     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.02.008     Document Type: Short Survey

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