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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
Background: Albinism is a heterogeneous group of inherited non progressive disorders of melanin metabolism. The two main types… 
2012
2012
In insects, the integument forms the primary barrier between the environment and internal milieu, but cellular and immune… 
2009
2009
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 was investigated as a possible regulatory mechanism in melanin metabolism. The methylation product of L… 
Review
1988
Review
1988
The synthesis of melanin is ubiquitous in the animal kingdom and is under complex genetic control. Inborn errors of melanin… 
1982
1982
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 was evaluated in 153 Caucasian patients with torticollis and other focal, segmental, or generalized dystonias… 
1972
1972
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
THE WRITERS have attempted to treat a group of patients suffering from schizophrenia with catechol O-methyl transferase (OMT). It… 
1946
1946
IN THE COURSE of studies on the alteration of melanin metabolism in adrenalectomized black rats maintained on diets deficient in…