Melanin from the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Azotobacter chroococcum: A spectroscopic characterization

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Banerjee, Aulie ^a   Supakar, Subhrangshu ^a   Banerjee, Raja ^a  

^a MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER CHROOCOCCUM; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AZOTOBACTER; MELANINS; NITROGEN FIXATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84897512217     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084574     Document Type: Article

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