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Ruth Stark to Melanins

This is a "connection" page, showing publications Ruth Stark has written about Melanins.
Connection Strength

4.967
  1. Chrissian C, Camacho E, Kelly JE, Wang H, Casadevall A, Stark RE. Solid-state NMR spectroscopy identifies three classes of lipids in Cryptococcus neoformans melanized cell walls and whole fungal cells. J Biol Chem. 2020 10 30; 295(44):15083-15096.
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    Score: 0.654
  2. Chrissian C, Camacho E, Fu MS, Prados-Rosales R, Chatterjee S, Cordero RJB, Lodge JK, Casadevall A, Stark RE. Melanin deposition in two Cryptococcus species depends on cell-wall composition and flexibility. J Biol Chem. 2020 02 14; 295(7):1815-1828.
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    Score: 0.625
  3. Chatterjee S, Prados-Rosales R, Tan S, Phan VC, Chrissian C, Itin B, Wang H, Khajo A, Magliozzo RS, Casadevall A, Stark RE. The melanization road more traveled by: Precursor substrate effects on melanin synthesis in cell-free and fungal cell systems. J Biol Chem. 2018 12 28; 293(52):20157-20168.
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    Score: 0.576
  4. Chatterjee S, Prados-Rosales R, Itin B, Casadevall A, Stark RE. Solid-state NMR Reveals the Carbon-based Molecular Architecture of Cryptococcus neoformans Fungal Eumelanins in the Cell Wall. J Biol Chem. 2015 May 29; 290(22):13779-90.
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    Score: 0.449
  5. Chatterjee S, Prados-Rosales R, Tan S, Itin B, Casadevall A, Stark RE. Demonstration of a common indole-based aromatic core in natural and synthetic eumelanins by solid-state NMR. Org Biomol Chem. 2014 Sep 14; 12(34):6730-6.
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    Score: 0.433
  6. Chatterjee S, Prados-Rosales R, Frases S, Itin B, Casadevall A, Stark RE. Using solid-state NMR to monitor the molecular consequences of Cryptococcus neoformans melanization with different catecholamine precursors. Biochemistry. 2012 Aug 07; 51(31):6080-8.
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    Score: 0.373
  7. Zhong J, Frases S, Wang H, Casadevall A, Stark RE. Following fungal melanin biosynthesis with solid-state NMR: biopolymer molecular structures and possible connections to cell-wall polysaccharides. Biochemistry. 2008 Apr 22; 47(16):4701-10.
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    Score: 0.276
  8. Camacho E, Dong Y, Chrissian C, Cordero RJB, Saraiva RG, Anglero-Rodriguez Y, Smith DFQ, Jacobs E, Hartshorn I, Pati?o-Medina JA, DePasquale M, Dziedzic A, Jedlicka A, Smith B, Mlambo G, Tripathi A, Broderick NA, Stark RE, Dimopoulos G, Casadevall A. Dietary L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) augments cuticular melanization in Anopheles mosquitos reducing their lifespan and malaria burden. Nat Commun. 2025 Aug 27; 16(1):8011.
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    Score: 0.231
  9. Ankur A, Yarava JR, Gautam I, Scott FJ, Mentink-Vigier F, Chrissian C, Xie L, Roy D, Stark RE, Doering TL, Wang P, Wang T. Polymorphic a-Glucans as Structural Scaffolds in Cryptococcus Cell Walls for Chitin, Capsule, and Melanin: Insights From 13C and 1H Solid-State NMR. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2025 Sep 01; 64(36):e202510409.
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    Score: 0.229
  10. Liporagi-Lopes LC, Chrissian C, Camacho E, Kacirani A, Stark RE, Casadevall A. Lomentospora prolificans synthesizes several types of melanin. mSphere. 2025 Apr 29; 10(4):e0096324.
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    Score: 0.225
  11. Tian S, Garcia-Rivera J, Yan B, Casadevall A, Stark RE. Unlocking the molecular structure of fungal melanin using 13C biosynthetic labeling and solid-state NMR. Biochemistry. 2003 Jul 15; 42(27):8105-9.
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    Score: 0.200
  12. Baker RP, Chrissian C, Stark RE, Casadevall A. Cryptococcus neoformans melanization incorporates multiple catecholamines to produce polytypic melanin. J Biol Chem. 2022 01; 298(1):101519.
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    Score: 0.179
  13. Camacho E, Vij R, Chrissian C, Prados-Rosales R, Gil D, O'Meally RN, Cordero RJB, Cole RN, McCaffery JM, Stark RE, Casadevall A. The structural unit of melanin in the cell wall of the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. J Biol Chem. 2019 07 05; 294(27):10471-10489.
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    Score: 0.150
  14. Camacho E, Chrissian C, Cordero RJB, Liporagi-Lopes L, Stark RE, Casadevall A. N-acetylglucosamine affects Cryptococcus neoformans cell-wall composition and melanin architecture. Microbiology (Reading). 2017 Nov; 163(11):1540-1556.
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    Score: 0.134
  15. Fernandes C, Prados-Rosales R, Silva BM, Nakouzi-Naranjo A, Zuzarte M, Chatterjee S, Stark RE, Casadevall A, Gon?alves T. Activation of Melanin Synthesis in Alternaria infectoria by Antifungal Drugs. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2015 Dec 28; 60(3):1646-55.
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    Score: 0.118
  16. Prados-Rosales R, Toriola S, Nakouzi A, Chatterjee S, Stark R, Gerfen G, Tumpowsky P, Dadachova E, Casadevall A. Structural Characterization of Melanin Pigments from Commercial Preparations of the Edible Mushroom Auricularia auricula. J Agric Food Chem. 2015 Aug 26; 63(33):7326-32.
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    Score: 0.115
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