melanization defense response
id: GO:0035006
name: melanization defense response
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: 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.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0035011 | melanotic encapsulation of foreign target |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0006582 | melanin metabolic process |
| GO:0045087 | innate immune response |
