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Melanins

Known as: Melanin, Melanins [Chemical/Ingredient] 
Insoluble polymers of TYROSINE derivatives found in and causing darkness in skin (SKIN PIGMENTATION), hair, and feathers providing protection against… 
National Institutes of Health

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Narrower (19)

1,8-dihydroxynaphthalene melaninAllomelaninsPhaeomelaninsSM II

Broader (3)

Cell pigmentIndolesPigment
DopaIn BloodMelanin:ACnc:Pt:Urine:QnMelanin:PrThr:Pt:Urine:Ord

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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Reflectance confocal microscopy of pigmented basal cell carcinoma.
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Steel factor is required for maintenance, but not differentiation, of melanocyte precursors in the neural crest.
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Specific identification of an authentic clone for mammalian tyrosinase.
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Sequence analysis of mouse tyrosinase cDNA and the effect of melanotropin on its gene expression.
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Inappropriate use of albino animals as models in research
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Transformation of chicken embryo retinal melanoblasts by a temperature-sensitive mutant of rous sarcoma virus
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Molecular biology of pigment cells. Molecular controls in mammalian pigmentation.
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Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
The reversible control of animal cell differentiation by the thymidine analog, 5-bromodeoxyuridine.
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Melanins and Resistance of Fungi to Lysis
Hyphal walls of Aspergillus phoenicis and Sclerotium rolfsii are composed of large amounts of glucose- and N-acetylhexosamine… 
Highly Cited
1962
Highly Cited
1962
The ultrastructure of the epidermis in psoriasis vulgaris as revealed by electron microscopy. 1. The dermo-epidermal junction and the stratum basale in parakeratosis without keratohyalin.
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