Francisco Solano

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Best Publications

• Hypopigmenting agents: an updated review on biological, chemical and clinical aspects

  Francisco Solano;Stefania Briganti;Mauro Picardo;Ghanem Elias Ghanem

  838
  Citations

• Tyrosinase related protein 1 (TRP1) functions as a DHICA oxidase in melanin biosynthesis.

  T. Kobayashi;K. Urabe;A. Winder;C. Jiménez-Cervantes

  598
  Citations

• Melanins: Skin Pigments and Much More—Types, Structural Models, Biological Functions, and Formation Routes

  F. Solano

  577
  Citations

• A new enzymatic function in the melanogenic pathway : the 5,6-dihydroxyindole-2-carboxylic acid oxidase activity of tyrosinase-related protein-1 (TRP1)

  C Jiménez-Cervantes;F Solano;T Kobayashi;K Urabe

  389
  Citations

• New insights into the active site structure and catalytic mechanism of tyrosinase and its related proteins.

  Concepcion Olivares;Francisco Solano

  351
  Citations

• Molecular anatomy of tyrosinase and its related proteins: beyond the histidine-bound metal catalytic center.

  José C. García-Borrón;Francisco Solano

  295
  Citations

• Mechanisms of melanogenesis inhibition by tumor necrosis factor-alpha in B16/F10 mouse melanoma cells.

  María Martínez-Esparza;Celia Jiménez-Cervantes;Francisco Solano;José Antonio Lozano

  260
  Citations

• Photoprotection and Skin Pigmentation: Melanin-Related Molecules and Some Other New Agents Obtained from Natural Sources.

  Francisco Solano

  238
  Citations

• Regulation of mammalian melanogenesis. I: Partial purification and characterization of a dopachrome converting factor: dopachrome tautomerase.

  Pilar Aroca;Jose C. Garcia-Borron;Francisco Solano;Jose A. Lozano

  220
  Citations

• Inhibition of melanogenesis in response to oxidative stress: transient downregulation of melanocyte differentiation markers and possible involvement of microphthalmia transcription factor.

  Celia Jiménez-Cervantes;María Martínez-Esparza;Cristina Pérez;Nicole Daum

  199
  Citations

• Molecular cloning and functional characterization of a unique multipotent polyphenol oxidase from Marinomonas mediterranea

  Antonio Sanchez-Amat;Patricia Lucas-Elı́o;Eva Fernández;Jose Carlos Garcı́a-Borrón

  169
  Citations

• A PLURIPOTENT POLYPHENOL OXIDASE FROM THE MELANOGENIC MARINE ALTEROMONAS SP SHARES CATALYTIC CAPABILITIES OF TYROSINASES AND LACCASES

  Antonio Sanchez-Amat;Francisco Solano

  169
  Citations

• The 5,6-dihydroxyindole-2-carboxylic acid (DHICA) oxidase activity of human tyrosinase.

  Concepción Olivares;Celia Jiménez-Cervantes;José Antonio Lozano;Francisco Solano

  166
  Citations

• Isolation and Characterization of Strain MMB-1 (CECT 4803), a Novel Melanogenic Marine Bacterium.

  F. Solano;E. Garcia;De Perez;A. Sanchez-Amat

  159
  Citations

• Melanin and Melanin-Related Polymers as Materials with Biomedical and Biotechnological Applications-Cuttlefish Ink and Mussel Foot Proteins as Inspired Biomolecules.

  Francisco Solano

  142
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• Bird Integumentary Melanins: Biosynthesis, Forms, Function and Evolution.

  Ismael Galván;Francisco Solano

  142
  Citations

• Dimethoxyphenol oxidase activity of different microbial blue multicopper proteins

  Francisco Solano;Patricia Lucas-Elı́o;Daniel López-Serrano;Eva Fernández

  140
  Citations

• Identification of active site residues involved in metal cofactor binding and stereospecific substrate recognition in mammalian tyrosinase. Implications to the catalytic cycle

  Concepcion Olivares;José C. Garcia-Borron;Francisco Solano

  135
  Citations

• Regulation of the final phase of mammalian melanogenesis. The role of dopachrome tautomerase and the ratio between 5,6-dihydroxyindole-2-carboxylic acid and 5,6-dihydroxyindole.

  Aroca P;Solano F;Salinas C;García-Borrón Jc

  135
  Citations

• A tyrosinase with an abnormally high tyrosine hydroxylase/dopa oxidase ratio

  Diana Hernández-Romero;Antonio Sanchez-Amat;Francisco Solano

  126
  Citations