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Research Article

Effect of tetrahydropteridines on the monophenolase and diphenolase activities of tyrosinase

F. García Molina GENZ: Grupo de Investigación de Enzimología, Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular-A, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, E-30100 Espinardo, Murcia, Spain
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J. L. Muñoz GENZ: Grupo de Investigación de Enzimología, Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular-A, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, E-30100 Espinardo, Murcia, Spain
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R. Varón Departamento de Química-Física. Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad de Castilla la Mancha. Avda. España s/n. Campus Universitario, E-02071, Albacete, Spain
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J. N. Rodríguez López GENZ: Grupo de Investigación de Enzimología, Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular-A, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, E-30100 Espinardo, Murcia, Spain
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F. García Cánovas GENZ: Grupo de Investigación de Enzimología, Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular-A, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, E-30100 Espinardo, Murcia, Spain
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J. Tudela GENZ: Grupo de Investigación de Enzimología, Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular-A, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, E-30100 Espinardo, Murcia, Spain
Pages 383-394 | Received 20 Jul 2006, Accepted 30 Nov 2006, Published online: 04 Oct 2008

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