Factors controlling the formation of UV-absorbing mycosporine-like amino acids in the marine red alga Palmaria palmata from Spitsbergen (Norway)

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 407-415

  Karsten, Ulf ^a   Wiencke, Christian ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic; MAAs; Mycosporine like amino acids; Palmaria palmata; UV radiation; UV sunscreens

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ASTERINA; EUKARYOTA; PALMARIA PALMATA; PORPHYRA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0032859643     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-1617(99)80124-2     Document Type: Article

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