| Comparative biochemistry of eumelanogenesis and the protective roles of phenoloxidase and melanin in insects M Sugumaran Pigment cell research 15 (1), 2-9, 2002 | 636 | 2002 |
| Proenzyme of Manduca sexta phenol oxidase: purification, activation, substrate specificity of the active enzyme, and molecular cloning. M Hall, T Scott, M Sugumaran, K Söderhäll, JH Law Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 92 (17), 7764-7768, 1995 | 244 | 1995 |
| Biological and toxicological consequences of quinone methide formation DC Thompson, JA Thompson, M Sugumaran, P Moldéus Chemico-biological interactions 86 (2), 129-162, 1993 | 202 | 1993 |
| Molecular mechanisms for cuticular sclerotization M Sugumaran Advances in insect physiology 21, 179-231, 1988 | 194 | 1988 |
| Critical analysis of the melanogenic pathway in insects and higher animals M Sugumaran, H Barek International journal of molecular sciences 17 (10), 1753, 2016 | 185 | 2016 |
| Purification, characterization and molecular cloning of prophenoloxidases from Sarcophaga bullata MR Chase, K Raina, J Bruno, M Sugumaran Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 30 (10), 953-967, 2000 | 185 | 2000 |
| Unified mechanism for sclerotization of insect cuticle M Sugumaran Advances in Insect Physiology 27, 229-334, 1998 | 177 | 1998 |
| Regulation of insect hemolymph phenoloxidases M Sugumaran, MR Kanost Parasites and pathogens of insects, 317-342, 1993 | 144 | 1993 |
| Molecular mechanisms for mammalian melanogenesis Comparison with insect cuticular sclerotization 1 M Sugumaran FEBS letters 293 (1-2), 4-10, 1991 | 119 | 1991 |
| Mechanisms of sclerotization in dipterans H Lipke, M Sugumaran, W Henzel Advances in insect physiology 17, 1-84, 1983 | 110 | 1983 |
| Quinone methide as a new intermediate in eumelanin biosynthesis. M Sugumaran, V Semensi Journal of Biological Chemistry 266 (10), 6073-6078, 1991 | 105 | 1991 |
| Lysolecithin—A potent activator of prophenoloxidase from the hemolymph of the lobster, Homarus americanas M Sugumaran, K Nellaiappan Biochemical and biophysical research communications 176 (3), 1371-1376, 1991 | 97 | 1991 |
| Quinone methide formation from 4‐alkylcatechols: a novel reaction catalyzed by cuticular polyphenol oxidase M Sugumaran, H Lipke Febs Letters 155 (1), 65-68, 1983 | 97 | 1983 |
| Studies on the enzymes involved in puparial cuticle sclerotization in Drosophila melanogaster M Sugumaran, L Giglio, H Kundzicz, S Saul, V Semensi Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology 19 (4), 271-283, 1992 | 95 | 1992 |
| Chemistry of cuticular sclerotization M Sugumaran Advances in insect Physiology 39, 151-209, 2010 | 94 | 2010 |
| Protease mediated prophenoloxidase activation in the hemolymph of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta SJ Saul, M Sugumaran Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 5 (1), 1-11, 1987 | 94 | 1987 |
| A new mechanism for the control of phenoloxidase activity: inhibition and complex formation with quinone isomerase M Sugumaran, K Nellaiappan, K Valivittan Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 379 (2), 252-260, 2000 | 87 | 2000 |
| Chemical Reactivities of ortho-Quinones Produced in Living Organisms: Fate of Quinonoid Products Formed by Tyrosinase and Phenoloxidase Action on Phenols … S Ito, M Sugumaran, K Wakamatsu International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21 (17), 6080, 2020 | 85 | 2020 |
| Reactivities of Quinone Methides versus o-Quinones in Catecholamine Metabolism and Eumelanin Biosynthesis M Sugumaran International Journal of Molecular Sciences 17 (9), 1576, 2016 | 83 | 2016 |
| On the presence of prophenoloxidase in the hemolymph of the horseshoe crab, Limulus K Nellaiappan, M Sugumaran Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular …, 1996 | 81 | 1996 |
