Melanin acts as a potent UVB photosensitizer to cause an atypical mode of cell death in murine skin.

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• Publication year

  2004

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  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

• Publication date

  2004-10-19

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1073/PNAS.0403994101PMID 15477596PMCID PMC524044
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