Melanization in living organisms: A perspective of species evolution

Protein and Cell

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 830-841

  Vavricka, Christopher J ^a   Christensen, Bruce M ^b   Li, Jianyong ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dopa; dopachrome tautomerase; melanization; melanogenesis; sclerotization; tanning; tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; N ACETYLDOPAMINE; SEMIQUINONE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CUTICLE; CYCLIZATION; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; ENZYME REGULATION; EVOLUTION; INSECT; MAMMAL; MELANOGENESIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; REVIEW; SCLEROTIZATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79953143032     PISSN: 1674800X     EISSN: 16748018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13238-010-0109-8     Document Type: Review

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