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SUBMITTER: Mostert AB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5873843 | biostudies-other | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Mostert Albertus B AB Rienecker Shermiyah B SB Noble Christopher C Hanson Graeme R GR Meredith Paul P
Science advances 20180328 3
Melanin is the primary photoprotecting pigment in humans as well as being implicated in the development of deadly melanoma. The material also conducts electricity and has thus become a bioelectronic model for proton-to-electron transduction. Central to these phenomena are its spin properties-notably two linked species derived from carbon-centered and semiquinone radicals. Using a novel in situ photoinduced electron paramagnetic resonance technique with simultaneous electrical measurements, we ha ...[more]