<i>Ustilago maydis</i> Yeast Mutant Produces Cytosolic Melanin by Tyrosine-Tyrosinase Activity with Stain Biosorption Capability

<i>Ustilago maydis</i> Yeast Mutant Produces Cytosolic Melanin by Tyrosine-Tyrosinase Activity with Stain Biosorption Capability

<i>Ustilago maydis</i> is a biotrophic basidiomycete fungus that infects corn plants and works as an excellent phytopathogen model, facilitating numerous genetic transformations for studying the mechanisms of plant infection. A random mutation event in the mutant strains designed to inve...

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Main Authors: Cinthya Martínez-López, Melissa Vázquez-Carrada, Oscar Flores-Herrera, Juan Pablo Pardo, Dario Rafael Olicón-Hernández, Guadalupe Guerra-Sánchez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-10-01
Series:Applied Sciences
Subjects:
melanin
<i>Ustilago maydis</i>
melanin accumulation
tyrosinase
L-DOPA pathway
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/20/11288

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