Carotenoids in mollusca: Approaching the functions

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-71

  Vershinin, Alexander ^a,b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

carotenoids; cell membrane fluidity; mollusks

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029993355     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(96)00104-6     Document Type: Article

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