Floridoside as a carbon precursor for the synthesis of cell-wall polysaccharide in the red microalga Porphyridium sp. (Rhodophyta)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 931-938

  Li, Shi Yan ^a   Shabtai, Yossef ^a   Arad, Shoshana ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carbon precursor; Cell wall polysaccharide biosynthesis; Floridoside; Porphyridium sp; Red microalgae; Sulfated polysaccharides

Indexed keywords

CARBON; METABOLISM; MICROALGA; POLYSACCHARIDE; RED ALGA;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; PORPHYRIDIUM; PORPHYRIDIUM SP.; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0036804678     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2002.01143.x     Document Type: Article

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