Melanin in Fonsecaea pedrosoi: a trap for oxidative radicals

BACKGROUND: The pathogenic fungus Fonsecaea pedrosoi constitutively produces the pigment melanin, an important virulence factor in fungi. Melanin is incorporated in the cell wall structure and provides chemical and physical protection for the fungus. We evaluated the production of nitric oxide (NO)...

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Autores principales: Cunha, Marcel ML, Franzen, Anderson J, Seabra, Sergio H, Herbst, Marcelo H, Vugman, Ney V, Borba, Luana P, de Souza, Wanderley, Rozental, Sonia
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2845570/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20233438
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-10-80

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2845570/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20233438
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-10-80

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