Effect of nutrient deprivation and resupply on metabolites and enzymes related to carbon allocation in Gracilaria tenuistipitata (Rhodophyta)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 305-314

  Collén, Pi Nyvall ^a,c   Camitz, Astrid ^a   Hancock, Robert D ^b   Viola, Roberto ^b   Pedersén, Marianne ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

Author keywords

glucan synthase; Floridoside metabolism; NDP sugars; Nitrogen limitation; UDP galactose 4 epimerase; UDP glucose pyrophosphorylase

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION;

ALGAE; GRACILARIA; GRACILARIA TENUISTIPITATA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 1842527108     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2004.02174.x     Document Type: Article

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