Screening protocol for the ultraviolet-photoprotective pigment scytonemin

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 227-230

  Hunsucker, Steve W ^a   Tissue, Brian M ^a   Potts, Malcolm ^a   Helm, Richard F ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY;

SCREENING PROTOCOL; SCYTONEMIN;

CHEMISTRY;

PIGMENT; SCYTONEMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; EXTRACTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

EID: 0035863756     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/abio.2000.4895     Document Type: Article

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