Regulation of two photosynthetic pigment-related genes during stress-induced pigment formation in the green alga, Dunaliella salina

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 787-791

  Sánchez Estudillo, Leticia ^a   Freile Pelegrin, Yolanda ^a   Rivera Madrid, Renata ^b   Robledo, Daniel ^a   Narváez Zapata, José Alberto ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CAMPECHE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Dunaliella salina; Gene expression

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOIDS; DUNALIELLA SALINA; GENE EXPRESSION;

ALGAE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RNA;

PIGMENTS;

CAROTENOID; DEOXYXYLULOSE 5 PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; DEOXYXYLULOSE-5-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; NITROGEN; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; TRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALGAE, GREEN; ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYTA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; TRANSFERASES;

CHLOROPHYTA; DUNALIELLA SALINA;

EID: 33745256751     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-006-9001-2     Document Type: Article

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