Biological Chemistry of O-Quinones

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 63-86

  Riley, Patrick A ^a,b   Ramsden, Christopher A ^c   Land, Edward J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Totteridge Institute for Advanced Studies   (United Kingdom)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1,2 benzoquinone; cycloaddition; electron transport; melanin; melanogenesis; pulse radiolysis; quinone; rate constants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874405093     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527636150.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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