Melanosomes: Biogenesis, Properties, and Evolution of an Ancient Organelle

Melanin Transferred to Keratinocytes Resides in Nondegradative Endocytic Compartments

(2018) Maria S. Correia et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

Elucidation of the hierarchical structure of natural eumelanins

(2018) Ming Xiao et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

A bony-crested Jurassic dinosaur with evidence of iridescent plumage highlights complexity in early paravian evolution

(2018) Dongyu Hu et al.   Nature Communications

Pheomelanogenesis is promoted at a weakly acidic pH

(2017) Kazumasa Wakamatsu et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Eumelanin broadband absorption develops from aggregation-modulated chromophore interactions under structural and redox control

(2017) Raffaella Micillo et al.   Scientific Reports

Mimicking Melanosomes: Polydopamine Nanoparticles as Artificial Microparasols

(2017) Yuran Huang et al.   ACS Central Science

Structure and Function of Iron-Loaded Synthetic Melanin

(2016) Yiwen Li et al.   ACS Nano

Stimuli-Responsive Structurally Colored Films from Bioinspired Synthetic Melanin Nanoparticles

(2016) Ming Xiao et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Internal pigment cells respond to external UV radiation in frogs

(2016) Lilian Franco-Belussi et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The eyes of Tullimonstrum reveal a vertebrate affinity

(2016) Thomas Clements et al.   NATURE

Interactive tree of life (iTOL) v3: an online tool for the display and annotation of phylogenetic and other trees

(2016) Ivica Letunic et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Fossilization of melanosomes via sulfurization

(2016) Maria E. McNamara et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

Transcriptomic identification of starfish neuropeptide precursors yields new insights into neuropeptide evolution

(2016) Dean C. Semmens et al.   Open Biology

Bio-Inspired Structural Colors Produced via Self-Assembly of Synthetic Melanin Nanoparticles

(2015) Ming Xiao et al.   ACS Nano

Mass Spectrometric and Spectrophotometric Analyses Reveal an Alternative Structure and a New Formation Mechanism for Melanin

(2015) Yuanjiao Li et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

A guide to the field of palaeo colour

(2015) Jakob Vinther   BIOESSAYS

Regulation of melanosome number, shape and movement in the zebrafish retinal pigment epithelium by OA1 and PMEL

(2015) T. Burgoyne et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Chemical, experimental, and morphological evidence for diagenetically altered melanin in exceptionally preserved fossils

(2015) Caitlin Colleary et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Apolipoprotein E Regulates Amyloid Formation within Endosomes of Pigment Cells

(2015) Guillaume van Niel et al.   Cell Reports

High refractive index of melanin in shiny occipital feathers of a bird of paradise

(2015) Doekele G Stavenga et al.   Light-Science & Applications

Melanosome transfer: it is best to give and receive

(2014) Xufeng Wu et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Ontogeny of an iridescent nanostructure composed of hollow melanosomes

(2014) Matthew D. Shawkey et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Near-Infrared Excited State Dynamics of Melanins: The Effects of Iron Content, Photo-Damage, Chemical Oxidation, and Aggregate Size

(2014) Mary Jane Simpson et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

Superior Photoprotective Motifs and Mechanisms in Eumelanins Uncovered

(2014) Alice Corani et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Insights into the Aggregation/Deposition and Structure of a Polydopamine Film

(2014) Yonghui Ding et al.   LANGMUIR

Melanosome evolution indicates a key physiological shift within feathered dinosaurs

(2014) Quanguo Li et al.   NATURE

Nanostructural basis of rainbow-like iridescence in common bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera feathers

(2014) Ming Xiao et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Demonstration of a common indole-based aromatic core in natural and synthetic eumelanins by solid-state NMR

(2014) Subhasish Chatterjee et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

MC1R, Eumelanin and Pheomelanin: Their Role in Determining the Susceptibility to Skin Cancer

(2014) Tahseen H. Nasti et al.   PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY

Excitonic effects from geometric order and disorder explain broadband optical absorption in eumelanin

(2014) Chun-Teh Chen et al.   Nature Communications

Experimental maturation of feathers: implications for reconstructions of fossil feather colour

(2013) M. E. McNamara et al.   Biology Letters

Rab11b Mediates Melanin Transfer between Donor Melanocytes and Acceptor Keratinocytes via Coupled Exo/Endocytosis

(2013) Abul K. Tarafder et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

Pump–Probe Microscopic Imaging of Jurassic-Aged Eumelanin

(2013) Mary Jane Simpson et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Structure of Polydopamine: A Never-Ending Story?

(2013) Jürgen Liebscher et al.   LANGMUIR

Exceptional three-dimensional preservation and coloration of an originally iridescent fossil feather from the Middle Eocene Messel Oil Shale

(2013) Natasha S. Vitek et al.   Palaeontologische Zeitschrift

Melanins and melanogenesis: methods, standards, protocols

(2013) Marco d'Ischia et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Key ornamental innovations facilitate diversification in an avian radiation

(2013) R. Maia et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

BACE2 processes PMEL to form the melanosome amyloid matrix in pigment cells

(2013) L. Rochin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

How hollow melanosomes affect iridescent colour production in birds

(2013) C. M. Eliason et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Oxygen Concentration Control of Dopamine-Induced High Uniformity Surface Coating Chemistry

(2012) Hyo Won Kim et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Melanoregulin is stably targeted to the melanosome membrane by palmitoylation

(2012) Xufeng S. Wu et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Bio-inspired variable structural color materials

(2012) Yuanjin Zhao et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

A photonic heterostructure produces diverse iridescent colours in duck wing patches

(2012) C. M. Eliason et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Elucidating the Structure of Poly(dopamine)

(2012) Daniel R. Dreyer et al.   LANGMUIR

Sexual Dichromatism of the Damselfly Calopteryx japonica Caused by a Melanin-Chitin Multilayer in the Male Wing Veins

(2012) Doekele G. Stavenga et al.   PLoS One

Direct chemical evidence for eumelanin pigment from the Jurassic period

(2012) K. Glass et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Role of semiconductivity and ion transport in the electrical conduction of melanin

(2012) A. B. Mostert et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Reconstruction ofMicroraptorand the Evolution of Iridescent Plumage

(2012) Quanguo Li et al.   SCIENCE

Molecular preservation of the pigment melanin in fossil melanosomes

(2012) Johan Lindgren et al.   Nature Communications

New evidence on the colour and nature of the isolated Archaeopteryx feather

(2012) Ryan M. Carney et al.   Nature Communications

How colorful are birds? Evolution of the avian plumage color gamut

(2011) Mary Caswell Stoddard et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Generation and suppression of singlet oxygen in hair by photosensitization of melanin

(2011) Orlando Chiarelli-Neto et al.   FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

Nanostructural self-assembly of iridescent feather barbules through depletion attraction of melanosomes during keratinization

(2011) R. Maia et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Dopamine−Melanin Film Deposition Depends on the Used Oxidant and Buffer Solution

(2011) Falk Bernsmann et al.   LANGMUIR

Protection of Melanized Cryptococcus neoformans from Lethal Dose Gamma Irradiation Involves Changes in Melanin's Chemical Structure and Paramagnetism

(2011) Abdelahad Khajo et al.   PLoS One

Morphological and Geochemical Evidence of Eumelanin Preservation in the Feathers of the Early Cretaceous Bird, Gansus yumenensis

(2011) Holly E. Barden et al.   PLoS One

Trace Metals as Biomarkers for Eumelanin Pigment in the Fossil Record

(2011) R. A. Wogelius et al.   SCIENCE

The Red and the Black

(2010) John D. Simon et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Iron and Other Metals in Neuromelanin, Substantia Nigra, and Putamen of Human Brain

(2010) Luigi Zecca et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

Fossilized melanosomes and the colour of Cretaceous dinosaurs and birds

(2010) Fucheng Zhang et al.   NATURE

Fossil Evidence for Evolution of the Shape and Color of Penguin Feathers

(2010) J. A. Clarke et al.   SCIENCE

Plumage Color Patterns of an Extinct Dinosaur

(2010) Q. Li et al.   SCIENCE

Structural coloration in a fossil feather

(2009) J. Vinther et al.   Biology Letters

Different strategies for color change

(2009) S. Aspengren et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Time-resolved EPR observation of synthetic eumelanin–superoxide radical pairs

(2009) Antonio Toffoletti et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Imaging with Mass Spectrometry: A Secondary Ion and VUV-Photoionization Study of Ion-Sputtered Atoms and Clusters from GaAs and Au†

(2009) Lynelle K. Takahashi et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

Human Iridal Stroma Melanosomes of Varying Pheomelanin Contents Possess a Common Eumelanic Outer Surface

(2009) Dana N. Peles et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Characterization of Dopamine−Melanin Growth on Silicon Oxide

(2009) Falk Bernsmann et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

A protean palette: colour materials and mixing in birds and butterflies

(2009) M. D Shawkey et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Chemical analysis of late stages of pheomelanogenesis: conversion of dihydrobenzothiazine to a benzothiazole structure

(2009) Kazumasa Wakamatsu et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Current challenges in understanding melanogenesis: bridging chemistry, biological control, morphology, and function

(2009) John D Simon et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

The supramolecular structure of melanin

(2009) Andrew A. R. Watt et al.   Soft Matter

The colour of fossil feathers

(2008) J. Vinther et al.   Biology Letters

Ionizing radiation: how fungi cope, adapt, and exploit with the help of melanin

(2008) Ekaterina Dadachova et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

The silver locus product (Silv/gp100/Pmel17) as a new tool for the analysis of melanosome transfer in human melanocyte-keratinocyte co-culture

(2008) Suman K. Singh et al.   EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY

Role of Solvent, pH, and Molecular Size in Excited-State Deactivation of Key Eumelanin Building Blocks: Implications for Melanin Pigment Photostability

(2008) M. Gauden et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Assembly of the cnidarian camera-type eye from vertebrate-like components

(2008) Zbynek Kozmik et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Electron tomography of early melanosomes: Implications for melanogenesis and the generation of fibrillar amyloid sheets

(2008) I. Hurbain et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Transition from Stiff to Compliant Materials in Squid Beaks

(2008) A. Miserez et al.   SCIENCE

The "Benzothiazine" Chromophore of Pheomelanins: A Reassessment

(2007) Alessandra Napolitano et al.   PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY