Current challenges in understanding melanogenesis: Bridging chemistry, biological control, morphology, and function

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 563-579

  Simon, John D ^a   Peles, Dana ^a   Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^b   Ito, Shosuke ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Casing model; Eumelanin; Melanin; Melanogenesis; Melanosome; Pheomelanin

Indexed keywords

BENZOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; BENZOTHIAZOLE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CYSTEINE; EUMELANIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PHEOMELANIN; PIGMENT; PYRROLE 2,3 DICARBOXYLIC ACID; PYRROLE 2,3,5 TRICARBOXYLIC ACID; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CATALYSIS; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EYE COLOR; GENE MUTATION; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOSOME; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PIGMENTATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SKIN COLOR; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

BENZOQUINONES; BENZOTHIAZOLES; CYSTEINYLDOPA; DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; HUMANS; IRIS; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOSOMES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 69449104505     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2009.00610.x     Document Type: Review

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