Biochemical and spectroscopic characterization of the cyanobacterium Lyngbya sp. inhabiting mango (Mangifera indica) trees: Presence of an ultraviolet-absorbing pigment, scytonemin

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 291-298

  Sinha, Rajeshwar P ^a,b   Klisch, Manfred ^a   Vaishampayan, Akhouri ^b   Häder, Donat P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

HPLC analysis; Lyngbya; Mangifera indica; Phycobiliproteins; Scytonemin; SDS PAGE; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ABSORBENT; ABSORPTION; ALLOPHYCOCYANIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BETA SHEET; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; GENETIC STRAIN; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; PHYCOBILIPROTEIN; PHYCOCYANIN; PHYCOERYTHRIN; SCYTONEMIN; SDS POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

LYNGBYA; MANGIFERA INDICA;

EID: 0032763435     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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