Effects of light and nitrogen starvation on the content and composition of carotenoids of the green microalga Parietochloris incisa

Russian Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 455-462

  Solovchenko, A E ^a   Khozin Goldberg, I ^b   Didi Cohen, S ^b   Cohen, Z ^b   Merzlyak, M N ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carotenes; Chlorophylls; Fatty acids; Parietochloris incisa comb. nov; Photoadaptation; Xanthophylls

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; PARIETOCHLORIS INCISA; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE;

EID: 48249149580     PISSN: 10214437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1021443708040043     Document Type: Article

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