Metatonin in algae and higher plants - Possible new roles as a phytohormone and antioxidant

Botanica Acta

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 180-183

  Balzer, Ivonne ^a   Hardeland, R ^a  

^a I Zoologisches Institut   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calmodulin; Cytoskeleton; Melatonin; Ozone; Phytohormones; Radical scavengers

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; LETHRINIDAE;

EID: 4243148818     PISSN: 09328629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1996.tb00560.x     Document Type: Article

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