Protection of Melanized Cryptococcus neoformans from Lethal Dose Gamma Irradiation Involves Changes in Melanin's Chemical Structure and Paramagnetism

Certain fungi thrive in highly radioactive environments including the defunct Chernobyl nuclear reactor. Cryptococcus neoformans (C. neoformans), which uses L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) to produce melanin, was used here to investigate how gamma radiation under aqueous aerobic conditions aff...

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Autores principales: Khajo, Abdelahad, Bryan, Ruth A., Friedman, Matthew, Burger, Richard M., Levitsky, Yan, Casadevall, Arturo, Magliozzo, Richard S., Dadachova, Ekaterina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3178601/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21966422
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0025092

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