Dopa quinone imine conversion factor

Dopa quinone imine conversion factor M,sexta Pharate pupal cuticle 11,63... 

To summarize, dopa quinone imine conversion factors have been detected in cuticle and/or hemolymph from only three species of Lepidoptera. Other kinds of regulatory factors such as dihydroxy-indole blocking factor have not been detected in insect tissues. The precise physiological roles played by conversion factors that generate indoles is unknown. They may be modulators of reactions associated primarily with melanization. 

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