Protective role of certain chemicals against UV-B-induced damage in the nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium, Nostoc muscorum

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-147

  Tyagi, R ^a   Kumar, A ^b   Tyagi, M B ^b   Jha, P N ^b   Kumar, H D ^b   Sinha, R P ^c   Hader D P ^c  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CYANOBACTERIA; CYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PYRUVIC ACID; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; TRYPTOPHAN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NOSTOC; NOSTOC MUSCORUM; NOSTOC SP.;

EID: 0038018340     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.200390014     Document Type: Article

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