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SUBMITTER: Chatterjee S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4144758 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chatterjee Subhasish S Prados-Rosales Rafael R Tan Sindy S Itin Boris B Casadevall Arturo A Stark Ruth E RE
Organic & biomolecular chemistry 20140901 34
Despite the essential functions of melanin pigments in diverse organisms and their roles in inspiring designed nanomaterials for electron transport and drug delivery, the structural frameworks of the natural materials and their biomimetic analogs remain poorly understood. To overcome the investigative challenges posed by these insoluble heterogeneous pigments, we have used l-tyrosine or dopamine enriched with stable (13)C and (15)N isotopes to label eumelanins metabolically in cell-free and Cryp ...[more]