Mycosporine-like amino acids in the marine red alga Gracilaria cornea - Effects of UV and heat

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-43

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gracilaria; Heat treatment; Mycosporine like amino acids (MAAs); Pigmentation; Protein profile; UV irradiation

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; CAROTENE DERIVATIVE; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHROMATIC ADAPTATION; HEAT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MYCOSPORINE LIKE AMINO ACID; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PHYCOCYANIN; PORPHYRA 334; SDS POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SHINORINE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

GRACILARIA CORNEA;

EID: 0033960391     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-8472(99)00043-X     Document Type: Article

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