Phycoerythrin synthesis is induced by solar UV-B in the cyanobacterium Nostoc

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 223-229

  Aráoz, Rómulo ^a   Häder, Donat P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence; Cyanobacteria; Photobleaching; Phycoerythrin; UV B

Indexed keywords

GERMANY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PHYCOERYTHRIN; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

NOSTOC;

EID: 0345465667     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0981-9428(99)80037-0     Document Type: Article

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