Melanins seem to be everywhere in the body, but for what?

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 12-13

  Ito, Shosuke ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUMELANIN; MELANIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; DNA DAMAGE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MELANOGENESIS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN PROTECTION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MELANINS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 58449084082     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2008.00538.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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