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ommochrome biosynthetic process

Known as: ommochrome synthesis, ommochrome anabolism, ommochrome formation 
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of ommochromes, any of a large group of natural polycyclic pigments commonly found in… 
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2019
2019
karmoisin and cardinal ortholog genes participate in the ommochrome synthesis of Nilaparvata lugens (Hemiptera: Delphacidae)
Ommochrome is the major source for eye coloration of all insect species so far examined. Phenoxazinone synthetase (PHS) has… 
2018
2018
Malaria infectivity of xanthurenic acid-deficient anopheline mosquitoes produced by TALEN-mediated targeted mutagenesis
Anopheline mosquitoes are major vectors of malaria parasites. When the gametocytes of the malaria parasite are transferred from a… 
2004
2004
Control of ommochrome synthesis by both juvenile hormone and melanization hormone in the cabbage armyworm,Mamestra brassicae
SummaryPigmentation of last instar larvae of the cabbage armyworm,Mamestra brassicae is of two types: melanin in the cuticle and… 
2004
2004
The influence of depression of respiratory metabolism by carbon monoxide on the pigment development in the insect eye
1. Keeping pupae ofDrosophila melanogaster andMormoniella vitripennis in carbon monoxide containing atmosphere (CO/O2 in the… 
1996
1996
Effects of juvenile hormone and head ligations on the succession of cryptic larval color patterns in Cerura vinula (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae)
The color patterns of the different larval instars of Cerura vinula Linnaeus 1758 are described and their protective function is… 
1984
1984
3-OH-Kynurenine content and ommochrome formation in the developing compound eye ofEphestia kühniella
The eye color ofEphestia kühniella is primarily determined by the ommochromes xanthommatin and ommin. The pigmentation, an… 
1982
1982
Regulation of ommochrome biosynthesis in the tobacco hornworm,Manduca sexta, by juvenile hormone
SummaryThe absence of juvenile hormone (JH) at the time of head capsule slippage during the molt to the fifth (final) instar of… 
1982
1982
[Changes in the functional characteristics of the compound eye of the honeybee after mutations interfering with the metabolism of tryptophan].
The compound eye of worker honeybees with a genetic interruption of the ommochrome synthesis from tryptophan (mutations snow an… 
1969
1969
Quantitative Untersuchungen zum Pigmentierungsgeschehen in den Augen der MehlmotteEphestia kühniella
Summary1.In order to interpret the results of experiments involving the injection of the ommochrome-precursor 3-hydroxykynurenine… 
1968
1968
[Ommochrome I as probable precursor of ommin in ommochrome synthesis of Plodia interpunctella and Ephestia kühniella].
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