Redox buffering by melanin and Fe(II) in Cryptococcus neoformans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 5340-5346

  Jacobson, Eric S ^a   Hong, Joann D ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROUS ION; MELANIN;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0030964720     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.17.5340-5346.1997     Document Type: Article

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