Cryptococcus neoformans laccase catalyses melanin synthesis from both D- and L-DOPA

Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3954-3962

  Eisenman, Helene C ^a   Mues, Mascha ^a   Weber, Sarah E ^a   Frases, Susana ^a   Chaskes, Stuart ^b   Gerfen, Gary ^a   Casadevall, Arturo ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FARMINGDALE STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPA; FREE RADICAL; LACCASE; LEVODOPA;

ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS ISOLATION; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

CELL WALL; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CULTURE MEDIA; DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; KINETICS; LACCASE; MELANINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; STEREOISOMERISM; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 37449017469     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/011049-0     Document Type: Article

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