Mycosporines and mycosporine-like amino acids: UV protectants or multipurpose secondary metabolites?

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 269, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-10

  Oren, Aharon ^a   Gunde Cimerman, Nina ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Desiccation; Mycosporine like amino acids; Oxidative stress; Salt stress; Sunscreen; UV light

Indexed keywords

4 DEOXYGADUSOL; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; ASTERINA 330; EUHALOTHECE 362; MYCOSPORINE GLUTAMINOL GLUCOSIDE; MYCOSPORINE GLYCINE; MYCOSPORINE SERINOL; NITROGEN; PALYTHINE; PORPHYRA 334; SHINORINE; SUNSCREEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONTROLLED STUDY; DESICCATION; FUNGAL REPRODUCTION; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; SALT STRESS; SHORT SURVEY; TEMPERATURE STRESS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CYCLOHEXANOLS; DESICCATION; FUNGI; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REPRODUCTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ANTHOZOA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33847671956     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00650.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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