Ionizing radiation changes the electronic properties of melanin and enhances the growth of melanized fungi

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Dadachova, Ekaterina ^a   Bryan, Ruth A ^a   Huang, Xianchun ^a   Moadel, Tiffany ^a   Schweitzer, Andrew D ^a   Aisen, Philip ^a   Nosanchuk, Joshua D ^a   Casadevall, Arturo ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL ENERGY; CELL METABOLISM; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLADOSPORIUM SPHAEROSPERMUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZING RADIATION; IRRADIATION; NONHUMAN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; WANGIELLA DERMATITIDIS; CHEMISTRY; EXOPHIALA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

CLADOSPORIUM SPHAEROSPERMUM; EXOPHIALA; FUNGI;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; EXOPHIALA; MELANINS; RADIATION, IONIZING;

EID: 40549101984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000457     Document Type: Article

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