What's the use of generating melanin?

Exp Dermatol. 1999 Apr;8(2):153-64. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.1999.tb00365.x.

Authors

J M Wood¹, K Jimbow, R E Boissy, A Slominski, P M Plonka, J Slawinski, J Wortsman, J Tosk

Affiliation

¹ Dept of Biomedical Sciences, University of Bradford, UK.

PMID: 10232409
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.1999.tb00365.x

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Animals
Humans
Keratinocytes / physiology
Melanins / biosynthesis*
Melanocytes / physiology
Melanosomes / physiology
Reactive Oxygen Species / physiology
Skin Physiological Phenomena*
Skin Pigmentation*

Substances

Melanins
Reactive Oxygen Species