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Regulatory Mechanisms in Melanin Pigmentation: A Biomimetic Approach

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Chemistry and Properties of Biomolecular Systems

Part of the book series: Topics in Molecular Organization and Engineering ((MOOE,volume 8))

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In recent years, work in the field of melanin pigmentation has led to several new and important discoveries that have radically changed our traditional concepts of the chemistry of melanogenesis, thereby opening new horizons of both basic and applied research. To an unusual degree, most of these advances followed from the discoveries at Naples of the phaeomelanin pathway which has yielded a considerable insight into the regulatory role of sulphydryl compounds in the pigmentary activity of melanocytes.

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  1. Department of Organic and Biological Chemistry, University of Naples, Via Mezzocannone 16, 80134, Naples, Italy

    Giuseppe Prota & Alessandra Napolitano

  2. Department of Pharmacology, University of Naples, Via D. Montesano, 49, 80131, Naples, Italy

    Giovanna Misuraca

  3. Zoological Station, Villa Comunale, 80121, Naples, Italy

    Anna Palumbo

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Prota, G., Misuraca, G., Napolitano, A., Palumbo, A. (1991). Regulatory Mechanisms in Melanin Pigmentation: A Biomimetic Approach. In: Rizzarelli, E., Theophanides, T. (eds) Chemistry and Properties of Biomolecular Systems. Topics in Molecular Organization and Engineering, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3620-4_6

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