Effect of light quality on the circadian expression of nitrate reductase in the red macroalga Gracilaria tenuistipitata

Biological Rhythm Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 391-400

  Lopes, Patricia Fátima ^a   Santa Maria, Ulisses Rafael ^a   Colepicolo, Pio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blue light; Circadian oscillation; Gracilaria; Light regulation; Nitrate reductase

Indexed keywords

NITRATE REDUCTASE;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME INDUCTION; GRACILARIA TENUISTIPITATA; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RED ALGA;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; GRACILARIA; GRACILARIA TENUISTIPITATA; PORPHYRA YEZOENSIS; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0036817016     PISSN: 09291016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/brhm.33.4.391.8805     Document Type: Conference Paper

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