Discovery of signaling effect of UV-B/C light in the extended UV-A/blue-type action spectra for step-down and step-up photophobic responses in the unicellular flagellate alga Euglena gracilis

Protoplasma

Volumn 201, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 45-52

  Matsunaga, S ^a   Hori, T ^a   Takahashi, T ^b   Kubota, M ^c   Watanabe, M ^c   Okamoto, K ^d   Masuda, K ^d   Sugai, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Action spectra; Blue light; Euglena; Photophobic responses; Ultraviolet light

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ANALYSIS; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EUGLENA GRACILIS;

EID: 0031931845     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01280710     Document Type: Article

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