Melanins are a class of pigments that are ubiquitous throughout biology. They play
incredibly diverse and important roles ranging from radiation protection to immune defense …

Melanins provide fungi protection from environmental stressors, support their ecological
roles, and can confer virulence in pathogens. While the function, structure, and synthesis of …

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. In this …

Melanins are ancient biological pigments found in all kingdoms of life. In fungi, their role in
microbial pathogenesis is well established; however, these complex biomolecules also …

Melanins are complex black polymers of resonance stabilized cyclic subunits (including
indoles, phenols, hydroxynaphthalenes) and are notoriously intractable to chemical …

For more than 40 years fungi have been known to produce pigments known as melanins.
Predominantly these have been dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA)-melanin and …

Melanins are enigmatic pigments that are produced by a wide variety of microorganisms
including several species of pathogenic bacteria, fungi and helminthes. The study of …

Many fungal plant pathogens produce melanins that play direct or indirect roles in the
infection process. Destruction of the melanin or inhibition of its synthesis by biological …

Melanins are negatively charged, hydrophobic pigments of high molecular weight (54, 88,
95, 139) that are composed of polymerized phenolic and/or indolic compounds (Fig. 1)(45 …

Melanin has been referred to as 'fungal armor'due to the ability of the polymer to protect
microorganisms against a broad range of toxic insults. Recent publications continue to …