The crosslinking and antimicrobial properties of tunichrome

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 110-117

  Cai, Mingmei ^a   Sugumaran, Manickam ^a   Robinson, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Crosslinking; Dehydrodopa; Natural product; Quinone methide; Tunic formation; Tunicates; Tunichrome

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CYTOCHROME C; DIMER; LYSOZYME; OLIGOMER; OVALBUMIN; POLYMER; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; TETRAMER;

ADVENTITIA; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BLOOD CELL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROSS LINKING; CUTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INSECT; METHODOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHOTOBACTERIUM; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SNAKE;

ASCIDIA NIGRA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; NEGIBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIUM; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 47949087372     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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