Study of a melanic pigment of Proteus mirabilis

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 167-174

  Agodi, A ^a   Stefani, S ^a   Corsaro, C ^a   Campanile, F ^a   Gribaldo, S ^a   Sichel, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Free radical traps; Melanin; Melanogenesis; Pigment; Proteus mirabilis; Tyrosinase; Tyrosine; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MIRABILIS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SHEWANELLA COLWELLIANA;

EID: 0029924401     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0923-2508(96)80216-6     Document Type: Article

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