Isolation, purification and physicochemical characterization of water-soluble Bacillus thuringiensis melanin

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 130-135

  Aghajanyan, Armen E ^a   Hambardzumyan, Artur A ^a   Hovsepyan, Anichka S ^a   Asaturian, Rafael A ^a   Vardanyan, Andranik A ^a   Saghiyan, Ashot A ^a  

^a CJSC Scientific Research Institute of Biotechnology   (Armenia)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Electron paramagnetic resonance spectra; Infrared spectra; Isoelectric point; Melanin; Molecular weight; Purification

Indexed keywords

DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; DOPA; IA 1R RESIN; MELANIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; RESIN; SYNTHETIC MELANIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ADSORPTION; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS GALLERIAE K1; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SOLUBILITY;

AMINO ACIDS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MELANINS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SOLUBILITY; WATER;

EID: 16244403331     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.2005.00211.x     Document Type: Article

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