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melanin metabolic process

Known as: melanin metabolism 
The chemical reactions and pathways involving melanins, pigments largely of animal origin. High molecular weight polymers of indole quinone, they are… 
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2014
2014
Visual Defect in Oculocutaneous Albinism is Not Associated with Gross Structural Anomaly
Background: Albinism is a heterogeneous group of inherited non progressive disorders of melanin metabolism. The two main types… 
2012
2012
Activation of autophagic programmed cell death and innate immune gene expression reveals immuno-competence of integumental epithelium in Bombyx mori infected by a dipteran parasitoid
In insects, the integument forms the primary barrier between the environment and internal milieu, but cellular and immune… 
2009
2009
The effect of a phenylalanine-tyrosine low diet on the growth and morphology of transplantable malignant melanomas of the Syrian golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus).
Syrian golden hamsters carrying transplantable subcutaneous melanomas were fed a diet low in phenylalanine and tyrosine a.m… 
1994
1994
O-methylation of L-dopa in melanin metabolism and the presence of catechol-O-methyltransferase in melanocytes.
O-Methylation of L-dopa was investigated as a possible regulatory mechanism in melanin metabolism. The methylation product of L… 
Review
1988
Review
1988
Mechanisms of hypopigmentation in human oculocutaneous albinism.
The synthesis of melanin is ubiquitous in the animal kingdom and is under complex genetic control. Inborn errors of melanin… 
1982
1982
Ultrastructural, histochemical and biochemical studies of the melanin metabolism in pallid mouse eye.
In an attempt to determine the factors involved in ocular pigment variation, the eyes of pallid mice (c57BL/6J-Pa/Pa), and those… 
1981
1981
Iris pigmentation (melanin) in idiopathic dystonic syndromes including torticollis
Iris pigmentation was evaluated in 153 Caucasian patients with torticollis and other focal, segmental, or generalized dystonias… 
1972
1972
Effect of thyroxine on melanin content in liver of toad (Bufo melanostictus).
Thyroxine injection (0.01-2.0 ug per g of body weight, single injection) in male toads caused a marked increase in melanin con… 
1969
1969
Effect of catechol O-methyl transferase in schizophrenia.
THE WRITERS have attempted to treat a group of patients suffering from schizophrenia with catechol O-methyl transferase (OMT). It… 
1946
1946
Factors affecting survival in adrenalectomized rats.
IN THE COURSE of studies on the alteration of melanin metabolism in adrenalectomized black rats maintained on diets deficient in… 
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