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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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Melanin-like Nanoparticles Boosted the Photoprotective Efficiency and Stability of Sanshool

, 2023
Sanshool, a naturally occurring molecule from Zanthoxylum xanthoxylum, is an essential component preventing photodamage; however, inherent instabilities and the potential risk of skin permeation limit its further application.
Tianyou Wang (302431), Yiwen Li, Zhen Yang (107412), Linghong Guo, Zhen Yang, Xian Jiang (201042), Tianyou Wang, Zhixuan Li, Zhipeng Gu, Yuanyuan Xu, Yiwen Li (354034), Shuwei Wu, Linghong Guo (4011794), Shuwei Wu (9741779), Xian Jiang, Yuanyuan Xu (163995), Zhipeng Gu (6196154), Zhixuan Li (11362264)   +17 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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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 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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Melanin Chemistry and Melanin Precursors in Melanoma

Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 1989
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Ito, Shosuke, Wakamatsu, Kazumasa
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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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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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Melanin and Melanin-Like Hybrid Materials in Regenerative Medicine [PDF]

Nanomaterials, 2020
Melanins are a group of dark insoluble pigments found widespread in nature. In mammals, the brown-black eumelanins and the reddish-yellow pheomelanins are the main determinants of skin, hair, and eye pigmentation and play a significant role in photoprotection as well as in many biological functions ensuring homeostasis.
Chiara Cavallini, Giuseppe Vitiello, Barbara Adinolfi, Brigida Silvestri, Paolo Armanetti, Paola Manini, Alessandro Pezzella, Marco d’Ischia, Giuseppina Luciani, Luca Menichetti   +9 more
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Subcellular Compartmentalization and Trafficking of the Biosynthetic Machinery for Fungal Melanin

Cell Reports, 2016
Protection by melanin depends on its subcellular location. Although most filamentous fungi synthesize melanin via a polyketide synthase pathway, where and how melanin biosynthesis occurs and how it is deposited as extracellular granules remain elusive ...
Srijana Upadhyay, Xinping Xu, David Lowry, Jennifer C. Jackson, Robert W. Roberson, Xiaorong Lin   +5 more
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