Heat stress stimulates nitric oxide production in Symbiodinium microadriaticum: A possible linkage between nitric oxide and the coral bleaching phenomenon

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 641-652

  Bouchard, Josée Nina ^a   Yamasaki, Hideo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coral bleaching; Nitrate reductase; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Symbiodinium microadriaticum; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SYMBIODINIUM MICROADRIATICUM;

ARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; SODIUM NITRITE;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DINOFLAGELLATE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FLUOROMETRY; HEAT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ARGININE; DINOFLAGELLIDA; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FLUOROMETRY; HEAT; MICROSCOPY; NITRIC OXIDE; SODIUM NITRITE; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 44349084187     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcn037     Document Type: Article

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