| Catecholamines are required for proper melanization and sclerotization of the Drosophila cuticle. |
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| The ITAo determines the skin's melanization level and skin colour tone and thereby the skin's sensitivity to sunlight. |
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| The degree of natural melanization depends upon relative concentrations of copper and of the copper-containing enzyme tyrosinase. |
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| The significant decrease in ITA o during the study period correlates to increased melanization level in the skin and a darker skin colour tone. |
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| The endocuticle exhibits melanization, especially in the vertical areas of bacterial incursion. |
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| It has been shown that phenoloxidase activity is reduced by gamma irradiation and that this enzyme has an important role in melanization of insect cuticle. |
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| The melanization of human skin may be an adaptation to optimize synthesis of vitamin D by permitting more or less ultraviolet radiation to penetrate the epidermis. |
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| Extensive melanization of the endocuticle was evident in the larger lesions. |
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| Within the Emydidae, melanization could be induced by dark substrates in Sliders, two Map Turtle Species, but not in the terrestrial Eastern Box Turtle. |
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