Betaines and dimethylsulfoniopropionate as Major Osmolytes in Cnidaria with Endosymbiotic dinoflagellates

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 167-173

  Yancey, Paul H ^a   Heppenstall, Marina ^a   Ly, Steven ^a   Andrell, Raymond M ^a,d   Gates, Ruth D ^b   Carter, Virginia L ^b,c   Hagedorn, Mary ^b,c  

^a WHITMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; DIMETHYLPROPIOTHETIN; SULFONIUM DERIVATIVE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBOHYDRATE; CYTOLOGY; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENDOSYMBIONT; INVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; OSMOSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COELENTERATE; DINOFLAGELLATE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BETAINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CNIDARIA; DINOFLAGELLIDA; HAWAII; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SULFONIUM COMPOUNDS; SYMBIOSIS;

AIPTASIA; ALGAE; ANDROMEDA; ANEMONE; ANTHOZOA; CASSIOPEA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; DINOPHYCEAE; FUNGIA; FUNGIA SCUTARIA; INVERTEBRATA; MONTIPORA CAPITATA; POCILLOPORA DAMICORNIS; POCILLOPORA MEANDRINA; PORITES; PORITES COMPRESSA; PORITES LOBATA; SCYPHOZOA; SYMBIODINIUM; TUBASTREA AUREA;

EID: 74949128874     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/644625     Document Type: Article

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