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Genome-wide association analysis reveal the genetic reasons affect melanin spot accumulation in beak skin of ducks

BMC Genomics, 2022
Background Skin pigmentation is a broadly appearing phenomenon of most animals and humans in nature. Here we used a bird model to investigate why melanin spot deposits on the skin.
Hehe Liu, Jianmei Wang, Jian Hu, Lei Wang, Zhanbao Guo, Wenlei Fan, Yaxi Xu, Dapeng Liu, Yunsheng Zhang, Ming Xie, Jing Tang, Wei Huang, Qi Zhang, Zhengkui Zhou, Shuisheng Hou   +14 more
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Identification of Melanin in the Mantle of the Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
The Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, is widely distributed and is substantially important to shellfish cultivation. Oysters with melanin-colored shells and soft parts are increasingly popular and are of high economic value.
Yijing Han, Chaoyi Xie, Nini Fan, Hongce Song, Xiaomei Wang, Yanxin Zheng, Meiwei Zhang, Yaqiong Liu, Baoyu Huang, Lei Wei, Xiaotong Wang   +10 more
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Transplantable melanomas in hamsters and gerbils as models for human melanoma : sensitization in melanoma radiotherapy : from animal models to clinical trials [PDF]

, 2018
The focus of the present review is to investigate the role of melanin in the radioprotection of melanoma and attempts to sensitize tumors to radiation by inhibiting melanogenesis. Early studies showed radical scavenging, oxygen consumption and adsorption
Andrzej Słominski, Anna Brożyna, Anna Markiewicz, Bożena Romanowska-Dixon, Ewa Podgórska, Krystyna Urbańska, Martyna Elas, Martyna Śniegocka, Małgorzata Szczygieł, Michał Żmijewski, Mirosława Cichorek, Przemysław Płonka   +11 more
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SPECTRAL PROPERTIES OF TWO WATER-SOLUBLE MELANINS [PDF]

Biotechnologia Acta
Aim. The work was purposed to study the spectral properties of two types of water-soluble melanins to clarify the nature of the optical absorption and emission centers in them. Materials and methods.
V.M. Kravchenko, T.V. Beregova, M.Yu. Lositskyi, T.O. Kondratyuk, S.A. Davydenko, E.S. Davydenko, S.S. Davydenko, L.P. Buchatskyi, V.M. Yashchuk   +8 more
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Melanin-Concentrating Hormone (MCH): Role in REM Sleep and Depression. [PDF]

, 2015
The melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) is a peptidergic neuromodulator synthesized by neurons of the lateral sector of the posterior hypothalamus and zona incerta.
Benedetto, Luciana, Chase, Michael H, Lagos, Patricia, López-Hill, Ximena, Monti, Jaime M, Pascovich, Claudia, Scorza, Cecilia, Torterolo, Pablo, Urbanavicius, Jessika   +8 more
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Size Control and Fluorescence Labeling of Polydopamine Melanin-Mimetic Nanoparticles for Intracellular Imaging. [PDF]

, 2017
As synthetic analogs of the natural pigment melanin, polydopamine nanoparticles (NPs) are under active investigation as non-toxic anticancer photothermal agents and as free radical scavenging therapeutics.
Amin, Devang, Lau, King, Messersmith, Phillip, Sugnaux, Caroline   +3 more
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Melanin Promotes Spore Production in the Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
The rice blast pathogen, Magnaporthe oryzae, spreads through spores and invades rice through appressoria. Melanin is necessary for an appressorium to penetrate plant cells, but there are many unknown aspects of its role in fungal conidiation.
Pengyun Huang, Huijuan Cao, Yan Li, Siyi Zhu, Jing Wang, Qing Wang, Xiaohong Liu, Fu-Cheng Lin, Fu-Cheng Lin, Jianping Lu   +9 more
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Two zinc finger proteins, VdZFP1 and VdZFP2, interact with VdCmr1 to promote melanized microsclerotia development and stress tolerance in Verticillium dahliae

BMC Biology, 2023
Background Melanin plays important roles in morphological development, survival, host–pathogen interactions and in the virulence of phytopathogenic fungi.
Huan Li, Ruo-Cheng Sheng, Chen-Ning Zhang, Li-Chao Wang, Min Li, Ya-Hong Wang, Yu-Hang Qiao, Steven J. Klosterman, Jie-Yin Chen, Zhi-Qiang Kong, Krishna V. Subbarao, Feng-Mao Chen, Dan-Dan Zhang   +12 more
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The Fungal Cell Wall : Structure, Biosynthesis, and Function [PDF]

, 2017
N.G. is funded by the Wellcome Trust via a senior investigator award and a strategic award and by the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology. C.M. acknowledges the support of the Wellcome Trust and the MRC. N.G. and C.M.
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Melanin-Associated Synthesis of SERS-Active Nanostructures and the Application for Monitoring of Intracellular Melanogenesis

Nanomaterials, 2017
Melanin plays an indispensable role in the human body. It serves as a biological reducer for the green synthesis of precious metal nanoparticles. Melanin–Ag nanocomposites were successfully produced which exhibited very strong surface-enhanced Raman ...
Haixin Dong, Zhiming Liu, Huiqing Zhong, Hui Yang, Yan Zhou, Yuqing Hou, Jia Long, Jin Lin, Zhouyi Guo   +8 more
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