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Incontinentia Pigmenti: A Rare Genodermatosis in a Male Child [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015 Incontinentia pigmenti is rare X-linked dominant disorder. There is no consistent expression of Incontinetia pigmenti in female child, but in male child, they always lead to death in utero.
Dinesh Kumar Narayana Swamy +3 more
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Current Issues in Molecular Biology, 2022 RPE65, an abundant membrane-associated protein present in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), is a vital retinoid isomerase necessary for regenerating 11-cis-retinaldehyde from all-trans retinol in the visual cycle.
Mirjana Bjeloš +4 more
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Melanin Chemistry and Melanin Precursors in Melanoma
Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 1989 @@@
Ito, Shosuke, Wakamatsu, Kazumasa
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Production of Melanins With Recombinant Microorganisms
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2019 The melanins constitute a diverse group of natural products found in most organisms, having functions related to protection against chemical and physical stresses.
Luz María Martínez +2 more
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Journal of Fungi, 2023 Natural colorants, mostly of plant and fungal origins, offer advantages over chemically synthetic colorants in terms of alleviating environmental pollution and promoting human health.
Lan Lin, Tong Zhang, Jianping Xu
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Melanisation in Boreal Lichens Is Accompanied by Variable Changes in Non-Photochemical Quenching
Plants, 2022 Lichens often grow in microhabitats where they absorb more light than they can use for fixing carbon, and this excess energy can cause the formation of harmful reactive oxygen species (ROS).
Nqobile Truelove Ndhlovu +3 more
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Melanin from the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Azotobacter chroococcum: a spectroscopic characterization. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Melanins, the ubiquitous hetero-polymer pigments found widely dispersed among various life forms, are usually dark brown/black in colour. Although melanins have variety of biological functions, including protection against ultraviolet radiation of ...
Aulie Banerjee +2 more
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Antioxidants, 2020 Eumelanins, the dark variant of skin pigments, are endowed with a remarkable antioxidant activity and well-recognized photoprotective properties that have been ascribed to pigment components derived from the biosynthetic precursor 5,6-dihydroxyindole-2 ...
Davide Liberti +4 more
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Fungal Melanin and the Mammalian Immune System
Journal of Fungi, 2021 Melanins are ubiquitous complex polymers that are commonly known in humans to cause pigmentation of our skin. Melanins are also present in bacteria, fungi, and helminths.
Sichen Liu +3 more
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Advanced Science, 2020 Developing efficient, sustainable, and biocompatible high‐tech nanoplatforms derived from naturally existing components in living organisms is highly beneficial for diverse advanced biomedical applications.
Heng Liu +7 more
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