Term Name: melanization defense response
Synonyms: melanization defence response
Definition: 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.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0035006]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: innate immune response melanin metabolic process
has subtype: melanotic encapsulation of foreign target
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of melanization defense response
positively regulated by: positive regulation of melanization defense response
regulated by: regulation of melanization defense response