Biosynthesis of fungal melanins and their importance for human pathogenic fungi

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 143-158

  Langfelder, Kim ^a   Streibel, Martin ^a   Jahn, Bernhard ^b   Haase, Gerhard ^c   Brakhage, Axel A ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPA DECARBOXYLASE INHIBITOR; FREE RADICAL; MELANIN; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; NAPHTHALENEDIOL; PIGMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLLETOTRICHUM LAGENARIUM; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; VIRULENCE; WANGIELLA DERMATITIDIS;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM LAGENARIUM; EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA DERMATITIDIS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; MAGNAPORTHE; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII;

EID: 0037373742     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1087-1845(02)00526-1     Document Type: Review

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