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Chemical Composition and Terminology Of Specialized Organelles (Melanosomes and Melanin Granules) in Mammalian Melanocytes

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SEIJI, M., FITZPATRICK, T., SIMPSON, R. et al. Chemical Composition and Terminology Of Specialized Organelles (Melanosomes and Melanin Granules) in Mammalian Melanocytes. Nature 197, 1082–1084 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/1971082a0

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