Regulation of tyrosinase by tetrahydropteridines - What is real? A critical reanalysis of H. Wojtasek's view

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 331, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 891-893

  Wood, John M ^a   Chavan, Bhaven ^a   Hafeez, Idris ^a   Schallreuter, Karin U ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 METHYLTETRAHYDROPTERIN; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; DIHYDROBIOPTERIN; DOPACHROME; LEVODOPA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PHENYLALANINE; PTERIDINE; TYROSINE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RADIOACTIVITY; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 18844435942     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.04.079     Document Type: Article

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