Melanin pigments of fungi under extreme environmental conditions (Review)

Melanin is crucial for growth of the black yeast Hortaea werneckii in its natural hypersaline environment

(2013) Anja Kejžar et al.   Fungal Biology

Exogenous superoxide dismutase may lose its antidotal ability on rice leaves

(2013) A. A. Aver’yanov et al.   RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Expression of the Laccase Gene from a White Rot Fungus in Pichia pastoris Can Enhance the Resistance of This Yeast to H2O2-Mediated Oxidative Stress by Stimulating the Glutathione-Based Antioxidative System

(2012) Yang Yang et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Using Solid-State NMR To Monitor the Molecular Consequences of Cryptococcus neoformans Melanization with Different Catecholamine Precursors

(2012) Subhasish Chatterjee et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Isolation, characterization of melanin derived from Ophiocordyceps sinensis, an entomogenous fungus endemic to the Tibetan Plateau

(2012) Caihong Dong et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING

Bottom-Up Approach to Eumelanin Photoprotection: Emission Dynamics in Parallel Sets of Water-Soluble 5,6-Dihydroxyindole-Based Model Systems

(2012) Alice Corani et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Microcolonial Fungi on Rocks: A Life in Constant Drought?

(2012) Kristina Zakharova et al.   MYCOPATHOLOGIA

UVA-induced oxidative degradation of melanins: fission of indole moiety in eumelanin and conversion to benzothiazole moiety in pheomelanin

(2012) Kazumasa Wakamatsu et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Fungal Melanins Differ in Planar Stacking Distances

(2012) Arturo Casadevall et al.   PLoS One

Role of semiconductivity and ion transport in the electrical conduction of melanin

(2012) A. B. Mostert et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Transcription Factor Amr1 Induces Melanin Biosynthesis and Suppresses Virulence in Alternaria brassicicola

(2012) Yangrae Cho et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Polyextremotolerant black fungi: oligotrophism, adaptive potential, and a link to lichen symbioses

(2012) Cene Gostinčar et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Enhancing the Stress Tolerance and Virulence of an Entomopathogen by Metabolic Engineering of Dihydroxynaphthalene Melanin Biosynthesis Genes

(2011) Min N. Tseng et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Synthesis and assembly of fungal melanin

(2011) Helene C. Eisenman et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Gamma radiation interacts with melanin to alter its oxidation–reduction potential and results in electric current production

(2011) Charles E. Turick et al.   BIOELECTROCHEMISTRY

Melanin pigments in the fungus Paecilomyces lilacinus (thom) samson

(2011) A. S. Egorova et al.   Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics

Resistance to UV-B induced DNA damage in extreme-tolerant cryptoendolithic Antarctic fungi: detection by PCR assays

(2011) Laura Selbmann et al.   Fungal Biology

Dishwashers – A man-made ecological niche accommodating human opportunistic fungal pathogens

(2011) P. Zalar et al.   Fungal Biology

Tyrosinase expression during black truffle development: From free living mycelium to ripe fruit body

(2011) Osvaldo Zarivi et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

The effect of L-DOPA onCryptococcus neoformansgrowth and gene expression

(2011) Helene C. Eisenman et al.   Virulence

Melanin in Fonsecaea pedrosoi: a trap for oxidative radicals

(2010) Marcel ML Cunha et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

High diversity of polyketide synthase genes and the melanin biosynthesis gene cluster in Penicillium marneffei

(2010) Patrick C. Y. Woo et al.   FEBS Journal

Cellular responses of microcolonial rock fungi to long-term desiccation and subsequent rehydration

(2010) A.A. Gorbushina et al.   STUDIES IN MYCOLOGY

Phylogeny of rock-inhabiting fungi related to Dothideomycetes

(2010) C. Ruibal et al.   STUDIES IN MYCOLOGY

Chemical and Structural Diversity in Eumelanins: Unexplored Bio-Optoelectronic Materials

(2009) Marco d'Ischia et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Melanin is an essential component for the integrity of the cell wall of Aspergillus fumigatus conidia

(2009) Marc Pihet et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Aspergillus fumigatus Conidial Melanin Modulates Host Cytokine Response

(2009) Louis Y.A. Chai et al.   IMMUNOBIOLOGY

Melanin synthesis by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

(2009) Michael J. Butler et al.   MYCOLOGIA

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

(2009) Andrew D. Schweitzer et al.   PLoS One

Following Fungal Melanin Biosynthesis with Solid-State NMR: Biopolymer Molecular Structures and Possible Connections to Cell-Wall Polysaccharides†

(2008) Junyan Zhong et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Ionizing radiation: how fungi cope, adapt, and exploit with the help of melanin

(2008) Ekaterina Dadachova et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Fungi and ionizing radiation from radionuclides

(2008) John Dighton et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Melanin as a virulence factor of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and other dimorphic pathogenic fungi: a minireview

(2008) Carlos P. Taborda et al.   MYCOPATHOLOGIA

Endophytic fungi associated with the Antarctic grass Deschampsia antarctica Desv. (Poaceae)

(2008) Luiz H. Rosa et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY