Cyanophycin and glycogen synthesis in a cyanobacterial Scytonema species in response to salt stress

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-15

  Page Sharp, Madhu ^a   Behm, Carolyn A ^a   Smith, Geoffrey D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterium; Cyanophycin; Salinity; Salt stress; Scytonema

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYANOPHYCIN; GLYCOGEN; NITROGENASE; POTASSIUM NITRATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032032186     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00544-2     Document Type: Article

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