Comparative biochemistry of eumelanogenesis and the protective roles of phenoloxidase and melanin in insects

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 2-9

  Sugumaran, Manickam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropod defence reactions; Cuticular sclerotization; DHI melanin; DHICA melanin; Dopachrome (decarboxylating) isomerase; Dopachrome tautomerase; Eumelanin; Phenoloxidase; Pigmentation; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

EUMELANIN; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; INSECT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; INSECTS; MELANINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PROTEIN PRECURSORS;

EID: 0035999729     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2002.00056.x     Document Type: Review

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