Melanogenesis, Tyrosinase Expression, and Reproductive Differentiation in Black and White Truffles (Ascomycotina)

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 46-53

  Miranda, Michele ^a   Zarivi, Osvaldo ^a   Bonfigli, Antonella ^a   Amicarelli, Fernanda ^a   Aimola, Pierpaolo ^a   Ragnelli, Anna Maria ^a   Pacioni, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dopa oxidase; L tyrosine 3 monooxygenase; Melanin; Ripening; Spores

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; TUBER (GENUS); TUBER (TRUFFLE); TUBER MELANOSPORUM;

DIMETHYL SULFIDE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ASCOMYCOTA; CELL DIVISION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MELANINS; MITOCHONDRIA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; SULFIDES;

EID: 0031064341     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1997.tb00465.x     Document Type: Article

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