The xanthophyll cycle in green algae (Chlorophyta): Its role in the photosynthetic apparatus

Plant Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 342-349

  Masojidek J ^a,b   Kopecky J ^a,b   Koblizek M ^a,b,c   Torzillo, G ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Microalgae; Non photochemical quenching; Photobioreactor; Violaxanthin; Zeaxanthin

Indexed keywords

ANTHERAXANTIN; BETA CAROTENE; CHLOROPHYLL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ACCLIMATION; ALGA; CHLOROPHYLL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; GREEN ALGA; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TEMPERATURE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALGAE, GREEN; BETA CAROTENE; CHLOROPHYLL; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; XANTHOPHYLLS;

ALGAE; CHLOROCOCCUM; CHLOROPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; HAEMATOCOCCUS; SCENEDESMUS; SPONGIOCHLORIS;

EID: 2642587551     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-820884     Document Type: Article

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