Evaluation of structurally different carotenoids in Escherichia coil transformants as protectants against UV-B radiation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1972-1974

  Sandmann, Gerhard ^a   Kuhn, Silvia ^b   Böger, Peter ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031860131     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.5.1972-1974.1998     Document Type: Article

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