Antimicrobial peptides: agents of border protection for companion animals. [PDF]
, 2012 Over the past 20 years, there have been significant inroads into understanding the roles of antimicrobial peptides in homeostatic functions and their involvement in disease pathogenesis.
Affolter, Verena K +2 more
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Preliminary study on MC1R polymorphism in some cattle breeds raised in Italy
Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2011 Most of the Western European cattle breeds consist of standardised breeds with a definite coat colour (Renieri et al., 1984). Thus coat colour could be useful to detect genetic markers for cattle breed identification.
C. Renieri +5 more
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Frontiers in Genetics, 2022 Nguni cattle are a Sanga type breed with mixed B. taurus and B. indicus ancestry and proven resistance to ticks, diseases and other harsh conditions of the African geographical landscape.
Langelihle Mbali Kunene +6 more
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Technical Note: The Use of RNA-interference as a Tool to Find Proteins Involved in Melanosome Formation or Transport [PDF]
, 2009 Melanosomes are lysosome-related organelles that produce and transport the pigment melanin within melanocytes. Mutations in proteins required for melanosome transport and formation lead to a range of pigmentation defects, manifested at the cellular level
Daniela Rotin, Eva M. Amsen
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Nonlinear Microscopy of Eumelanin and Pheomelanin with Subcellular Resolution [PDF]
Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 2013 Pump-probe microscopy nondestructively differentiates eumelanin and pheomelanin and can be used to quantify melanin distributions in thin biopsy slices. Here we have extended that work for imaging eumelanin and pheomelanin distributions on a subcellular scale, allowing elucidation of characteristics of different cell types.
Simpson, Mary Jane +5 more
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Pheomelanin-based colouration is correlated with indices of flying strategies in the barn owl [PDF]
, 2015 Resource polymorphism refers to individuals from the same population foraging in alternative habitats or on alternative food. Food specialization can be associated with adaptations such as colour polymorphism, with pale and dark colours conferring ...
Charter, M. +3 more
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Label-Free Delineation of Human Uveal Melanoma Infiltration With Pump–Probe Microscopy
Frontiers in Oncology, 2022 Uveal melanoma (UM) is the most frequent primary intraocular malignancy in adults, characterized by melanin depositions in melanocytes located in the uveal tract in the eyes.
Bohan Zhang +9 more
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Sexual dimorphism in melanin pigmentation, feather coloration and its heritability in the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Melanin is the main pigment in animal coloration and considerable variation in the concentrations of the two melanin forms (pheo- and eumlanin) in pigmented tissues exists among populations and individuals.
Nicola Saino +7 more
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Photodegradation of Eumelanin and Pheomelanin and Its Pathophysiological Implications [PDF]
Photochemistry and Photobiology, 2017 AbstractEumelanin is photoprotective for pigmented tissues while pheomelanin is phototoxic. In this review, we summarize current understanding of how eumelanin and pheomelanin structures are modified by ultraviolet A (UVA) and also by visible light and how reactive oxygen species participate in those processes.
Shosuke, Ito +2 more
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Frontiers in Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research
, 2018 We identify emerging frontiers in clinical and basic research of melanocyte biology and its associated biomedical disciplines. We describe challenges and opportunities in clinical and basic research of normal and diseased melanocytes that impact current ...
Birlea, Stanca +26 more
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