Exposure to low irradiances favors the synthesis of 9-cis β,β-carotene in Dunaliella salina (Teod.)

Plant Physiology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 609-617

  Orset, Sandra Charlotte ^a   Young, Andrew John ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYCLIZATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; IRRADIATION; ISOMERIZATION; LYCOPENE; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHYTOENE;

ALGAE; DUNALIELLA SALINA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; SALINA; TRIFLUORO;

EID: 0034144082     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.122.2.609     Document Type: Article

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