A Revised Concept of Mammalian Melanogenesis: the Possible Synergistic Functions of Aerobic Dopa Oxidase and Peroxidase. A Review

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Journal Yale J Biol Med

Specialty Biology

Date 1973 Dec 1

PMID 4205120

Citations 5

Authors

M R OKUN

L M Edelstein

R P Patel

B Donnellan

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