Mitochondria and chloroplasts as the original sites of melatonin synthesis: a hypothesis related to melatonin's primary function and evolution in eukaryotes.

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Published in J Pineal Res on November 09, 2012

Authors

Dun-Xian Tan1, Lucien C Manchester, Xiaoyan Liu, Sergio A Rosales-Corral, Dario Acuna-Castroviejo, Russel J Reiter

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, The University of Texas, Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA. tan@uthscsa.edu

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