Changes in the amount of cellular trehalose, the activity of maltooligosyl trehalose hydrolase, and the expression of its gene in response to salt stress in the cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-56

  Ohmori, Kazuko ^a   Ehira, Shigeki ^b   Kimura, Satoshi ^b   Ohmori, Masayuki ^b,c  

^a SHOWA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Maltooligosyl trehalose hydrolase; Salt stress; Spirulina platensis; Trehalose

Indexed keywords

SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

EID: 70349932281     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13426311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME08537     Document Type: Article

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