Neuromelanins of Human Brain Have Soluble and Insoluble Components with Dolichols Attached to the Melanic Structure

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Engelen, Mireille ^a   Vanna, Renzo ^a   Bellei, Chiara ^a   Zucca, Fabio A ^a   Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^b   Monzani, Enrico ^c   Ito, Shosuke ^b   Casella, Luigi ^c   Zecca, Luigi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DOLICHOL; IRON; MELANIN; NEUROMELANIN; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MELANOGENESIS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PARKINSON DISEASE; SOLUBILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CARBON; CATTLE; DIFFUSION; DOLICHOL; HUMANS; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MELANINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NITROGEN; SOLUBILITY; SOLUTIONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

BOVINAE;

EID: 84868374313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048490     Document Type: Article

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