Effect of environmental factors on the synthesis of scytonemin, a UV-screening pigment, in a cyanobacterium (Chroococcidiopsis sp.)

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 322-331

  Dillon, Jesse G ^a,b   Tatsumi, Cecelia M ^a   Tandingan, Patrick G ^a   Castenholz, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Desert crusts; Osmotic stress; Oxidative stress; Scytonemin; Temperature stress; UV

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SCYTONEMIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHROOCOCCIDIOPSIS; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEAT STRESS; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOOXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SCREENING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

CYANOBACTERIA; INDOLES; OSMOSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOLS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROOCOCCIDIOPSIS; CYANOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036124409     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-001-0395-x     Document Type: Article

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