Melanin biosynthesis by Frankia strain CeI5

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 180-190

  Yuan, Wenlin ^a   Burleigh, Stephen H ^b   Dawson, Jeffrey O ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OXIDANTS; TISSUE;

LIQUID CULTURE MEDIUM; MELANIN; PIGMENTATION;

PIGMENTS;

FRANKIA;

EID: 34548463492     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: 13993054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2007.00948.x     Document Type: Article

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