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Melanin in the extracellular matrix of germlings of Botrytis cinerea by Robert P. Doss; Joachim Deisenhofer; Hans-Albrecht Krug von Nidda; Alfred H. Soeldner; Ruth P. McGuire is a Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology article available to read on EtoBox.
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Previous work on the composition of the extracellular matrix of germlings of the plant pathogenic fungus Botrytis cinerea demonstrated the presence of carbohydrate, protein, and simple lipids; which, together, comprised 50-60% of the dry weight. Here we show that most of the remaining mass of the extracellular matrix consists of a chemically inert dark pigment with the electron paramagnetic resonance characteristics of a melanin. Scanning electron micrographs of the purified pigment, and transmission electron micrographs of thin sections made using the pigment indicate that it has a filamentous structure. We conclude that melanin is an important component of the extracellular matrix of germlings of B. cinerea. This is the first report of a melanin present in the extracellular matrix of a plant pathogenic fungus.
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- Author
- Robert P. Doss; Joachim Deisenhofer; Hans-Albrecht Krug von Nidda; Alfred H. Soeldner; Ruth P. McGuire
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0031-9422)
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)