Red hair benzothiazines and benzothiazoles: Mutation-inspired chemistry in the quest for functionality

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 519-528

  Napolitano, Alessandra ^a   Panzella, Lucia ^a   Leone, Loredana ^a   D'Ischia, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOTHIAZOLE; BENZOTHIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HAIR; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; MUTATION; PIGMENTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BENZOTHIAZOLES; HAIR; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; MUTATION; PIGMENTATION; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TYROSINE;

EID: 84874025334     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar300219u     Document Type: Article

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