Carotenoids and Environmental Stress in Plants: Significance of Carotenoid-Mediated Modulation of Membrane Physical Properties

Russian Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 168-173

  Strzalka K ^a   Kostecka Gugala A ^a   Latowski, D ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Light stress; Membrane dynamics; Xanthophyll cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642528467     PISSN: 10214437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022960828050     Document Type: Review

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