Induction of mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs) in cyanobacteria by solar ultraviolet-B radiation

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 129-135

  Sinha, Rajeshwar P ^a   Klisch, Manfred ^a   Walter Helbling, E ^b   Häder, Donat P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anabaena sp; High performance liquid chromatography; Mycosporine like amino acids; Nostoc commune; Photosynthetic active radiation; Scytonema sp; Spectroscopy; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; GLYCINE; MYCOSPORINE LIKE AMINO ACID; SERINE; SHINORINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANABAENA; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLASSIFICATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; DOSIMETER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; NOSTOC COMMUNE; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RADIATION; SCYTONEMA; SOLAR RADIATION; SOLUBILITY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

AMINO ACIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYANOBACTERIA; GLYCINE; SERINE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.; CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC COMMUNE; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR; SCYTONEMA; SCYTONEMA SP.;

EID: 0034885284     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1011-1344(01)00137-3     Document Type: Article

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