UV-B-induced synthesis of photoprotective pigments and extracellular polysaccharides in the terrestrial cyanobacterium Nostoc commune

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1940-1945

  Ehling Schulz, Monika ^a   Bilger, Wolfgang ^b   Scherer, Siegfried ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Lehrstuhl Botanik I   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; MYCOSPORIN; PIGMENT; SCYTONEMIN A; SUNSCREEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 0030905419     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.6.1940-1945.1997     Document Type: Article

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