Effect of nitrogen starvation on optical properties, pigments, and arachidonic acid content of the unicellular green alga parietochloris incisa (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 833-843

  Merzlyak, Mark N ^a   Chivkunova, Olga B ^a   Gorelova, Olga A ^a   Reshetnikova, Irina V ^a   Solovchenko, Alexei E ^a   Khozin Goldberg, Inna ^b   Cohen, Zvi ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Arachidonic acid; Carotenoids; Chlorophyll; N deficiency; Parietochloris incisa; Spectroscopy; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; PARIETOCHLORIS INCISA; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE;

EID: 34547580075     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00375.x     Document Type: Article

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