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Category:GO:0035006 ! melanization defense response
name: melanization defense response
namespace: biological_process
def: "The blackening of the wounded area of the cuticle or the surface of invading pathogens, parasites or parasitoids, resulting from a proteolytic cascade leading to the de novo synthesis and deposition of melanin." [GOC:bf, PMID:12408809]
synonym: "melanization defence response" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0006582 ! melanin metabolic process
is_a: GO:0045087 ! innate immune response
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<GOterm>GO:0035006</GOterm>
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