Physico-chemical evaluation of rationally designed melanins as novel nature-inspired radioprotectors.

Physico-chemical evaluation of rationally designed melanins as novel nature-inspired radioprotectors.

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.We rationally designed melanins from either 5-S-cysteinyl-DOPA, L-cysteine...

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Main Authors: Andrew D Schweitzer, Robertha C Howell, Zewei Jiang, Ruth A Bryan, Gary Gerfen, Chin-Cheng Chen, Dennis Mah, Sean Cahill, Arturo Casadevall, Ekaterina Dadachova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-09-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2749938?pdf=render

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