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pigment biosynthetic process

Known as: pigment anabolism, pigment biosynthesis, pigment synthesis 
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of a pigment, any general or particular coloring matter in living organisms, e.g… 
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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Efficient metabolic pathway engineering in transgenic tobacco and tomato plastids with synthetic multigene operons
The engineering of complex metabolic pathways requires the concerted expression of multiple genes. In plastids (chloroplasts) of… 
Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Genetic localization and in vivo characterization of a Monascus azaphilone pigment biosynthetic gene cluster
Monascus spp. produce several well-known polyketides such as monacolin K, citrinin, and azaphilone pigments. In this study, the… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Spontaneous redox reactions of dopaquinone and the balance between the eumelanic and phaeomelanic pathways.
Eumelanogenesis and phaeomelanogenesis diverge at an early stage in pigment formation, namely at the point where dopaquinone, the… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Regulation of a carotenoid biosynthesis gene promoter during plant development.
Carotenoids are terpenoid pigments which are accumulated in the chloroplasts of leaves and in the chromoplasts of many flowers… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
The effect of different nitrogen sources on pigment production and sporulation of Monascus species in submerged, shaken culture.
Thirty-nine strains from the genus Monascus were cultivated aerobically to study the relation between nitrogen nutrition and… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Molecular biology of pigment cells. Molecular controls in mammalian pigmentation.
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Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Canine ceroid-lipofuscinosis-a model for human neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinosis and aging.
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
Regulation of pigment synthesis in mammalian cells, as studied by somatic hybridization.
One of the main problems concerning differentiation in higher organisms is that of its genetic control. Whether positive or… 
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
Studies of Chloroplast Development in Euglena. V. Pigment Biosynthesis, Photosynthetic Oxygen Evolution and Carbon Dioxide Fixation during Chloroplast Development.
Our studies with Euglena (2, 6, 14, 19, 20) have suggested that dark-grown cells contain approximately 30 proplastids which… 
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
THE ISOLATION AND CYTOLOGY OF TWO PIGMENT CELL STRAINS FROM B-16 MOUSE MELANOMAS.
Summary Two cell lines (HFH-14, HFH-18) isolated from B16 mouse melanomas were established as monolayer cultures. These cells… 
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