Structure of euhalothece-362, a novel red-shifted mycosporine-like amino acid, from a halophilic cyanobacterium (Euhalothecesp.)

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 258, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 50-54

  Volkmann, Marc ^b   Gorbushina, Anna A ^b   Kedar, Laura ^a   Oren, Aharon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Euhalothece; Euhalothece 362; Mycosporine like amino acids

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CALCIUM SULFATE; EUHALOTHECE 362; GLYCINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUHALOTHECE; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ALANINE; AMINO ACIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYANOBACTERIA; CYCLOHEXANOLS; GLYCINE; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; EUHALOTHECE;

EID: 33645473186     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00203.x     Document Type: Article

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