Melanin is effective in protecting fast and slow growing fungi from various types of ionizing radiation

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1612-1624

  Pacelli, Claudia ^a,b   Bryan, Ruth A ^b   Onofri, Silvano ^a   Selbmann, Laura ^a   Shuryak, Igor ^c   Dadachova, Ekaterina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; RADIOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG EFFECTS; RADIATION RESPONSE; X RAY;

CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; MELANINS; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; X-RAYS;

EID: 85013427875     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13681     Document Type: Article

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