Physico-Chemical Evaluation of Rationally Designed Melanins as Novel Nature-Inspired Radioprotectors

BACKGROUND: Melanin, a high-molecular weight pigment that is ubiquitous in nature, protects melanized microorganisms against high doses of ionizing radiation. However, the physics of melanin interaction with ionizing radiation is unknown. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We rationally designed melani...

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Autores principales: Schweitzer, Andrew D., Howell, Robertha C., Jiang, Zewei, Bryan, Ruth A., Gerfen, Gary, Chen, Chin-Cheng, Mah, Dennis, Cahill, Sean, Casadevall, Arturo, Dadachova, Ekaterina
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2749938/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19789711
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007229

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2749938/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19789711
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007229

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