Phycobiliprotein fluorescence of Nostoc punctiforme changes during the life cycle and chromatic adaptation: Characterization by spectral confocal laser scanning microscopy and spectral unmixing

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 480-491

  Wolf, Elke ^a   Schüßler, Arthur ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Fluorescence spectra; Hormogonia; in vivo measurements; Life cycle; Nostoc; Photosynthetic pigments; Phycobilisomes; Spectral confocal laser scanning microscopy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; LIFE CYCLE; LIGHT QUALITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENT;

CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC; NOSTOC PUNCTIFORME;

EID: 15944398353     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2005.01290.x     Document Type: Article

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