Histochemical Differentiation of Peroxidase-mediated from Tyrosinase-mediated Melanin Formation in Mammalian Tissues. The Biologic Significance of Peroxidase-mediated Oxidation of Tyrosine to Malanin

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Journal Histochemie

Specialty Biochemistry

Date 1970 Jan 1

PMID 4992297

Citations 20

Authors

M R OKUN

L M Edelstein

N Or

G Hamada

B Donnellan

W F Lever

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