Pentaketide metabolites of melanin synthesis in the dematiaceous fungus Wangiella dermatitidis

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 1984, Pages 324-328

  Geis, Philip A ^a   Wheeler, Michael H ^b   Szaniszlo, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN PLAINS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

1,8 Dihydroxynaphthalene; Cell walls; Flaviolin; Melanin; Pentaketides; Pigments; Scytalone; Wangiella dermatitidis

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

FUNGUS; NONHUMAN; WANGIELLA DERMATITIDIS;

MELANINS; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; MUTATION; NAPHTHOLS; NAPHTHOQUINONES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0021345939     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: 1432072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00410729     Document Type: Article

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