Determination of cellular levels of nonprotein thiols in phytoplankton and their correlations with susceptibility to mercury

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 983-990

  Satoh, Masaya ^a   Hirachi, Yoshinobu ^a   Yoshioka, Ai ^a   Kobayashi, Maki ^a   Oyama, Yasuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cysteine; Cystine; Fluorescein diacetate; Glutathione; Mercury; Microalgae; Nonprotein thiol; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

MERCURY (ELEMENT); PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; ISOCHRYSIS; ISOCHRYSIS SP.; PAVLOVA; PLEUROCHRYSIS CARTERAE; PORPHYRIDIUM; PORPHYRIDIUM PURPUREUM; PRASINOPHYCEAE; RHODOPHYTA; TETRASELMIS;

EID: 0036803384     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2002.t01-1-01223.x     Document Type: Article

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