Induction of pseudopterosin biosynthesis in the gorgonian Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2083-2090

  Thornton, Renee S ^a   Kerr, Russell G ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosyn thesis; Induction; Marine; Predation; Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae; Pseudopterosin; Terpene

Indexed keywords

DITERPENE; GLYCOSIDE; PSEUDOPTEROSIN; PSEUDOPTEROSINS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; PSEUDOPTEROGORGIA ELISABETHAE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; DITERPENES; GLYCOSIDES; MOLLUSCA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CHAETODON CAPISTRATUS; CYPHOMA GIBBOSUM; GASTROPODA; GORGONACEA; GORGONIA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; PROSOBRANCHIA; PSEUDOPTEROGORGIA ELISABETHAE;

EID: 0036812258     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020758113694     Document Type: Article

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