Production of melanin by Aspergillus fumigatus

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 175-181

  Youngchim, Sirida ^a,b   Morris Jones, Rachael ^a   Hay, Roderick J ^c   Hamilton, Andrew J ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; ENZYME; FREE RADICAL; LEVODOPA; MELANIN; MELANIN MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY LABELING; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HEAT TREATMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOSE INFECTION; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; HYBRIDOMAS; LACCASE; MELANINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS;

EID: 1542719524     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.05421-0     Document Type: Article

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