Induction of a mycosporine-like amino acid (MAA) in the rice-field cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. by UV irradiation

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 59-64

  Sinha, Rajeshwar P ^a   Klisch, Manfred ^a   Häder, Donat P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anabaena; High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC); Mycosporine like amino acid (MAA); Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR); Spectroscopy; Ultraviolet (UV)

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLYCINE; SERINE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANABAENA; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CYANOBACTERIUM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; RICE; SUMMER; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANABAENA;

EID: 0033428907     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1011-1344(99)00103-7     Document Type: Article

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