Structure of Melanins

Melanins and Melanosomes: Biosynthesis, Biogenesis, Physiological, and Pathological Functions

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 167-185

  Ito, Shosuke ^a   Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^a   d'ischia, Marco ^b   Napolitano, Alessandra ^b   Pezzella, Alessandro ^b  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Eumelanin; Melanogenesis; Pheomelanin; Tyrosine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862308775     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527636150.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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