An investigation on the possible role of melatonin in melanogenesis

Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 517-526

  Rizzi, Andrea ^a   Comai, Stefano ^b   Bertazzo, Antonella ^b   Costa, Carlo V L ^b   Allegri, Graziella ^b   Traldi, Pietro ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche   (Italy)

Author keywords

MALDI; Melanins; Melanogenesis; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIXTURES; OLIGOMERS; POLYMERIZATION; REACTION KINETICS; ULTRAFILTRATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

MALDI; MELANINS; MELANOGENESIS; MELATONIN;

PROTEINS;

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MELATONIN; PEROXIDASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; ULTRAFILTRATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MELANINS; MELATONIN; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 33646342762     PISSN: 10765174     EISSN: 10969888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jms.1010     Document Type: Article

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