Cyanobacteria and ultraviolet radiation (UVR) stress: Mitigation strategies

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 79-90

  Singh, Shailendra P ^a   Häder, Donat P ^a   Sinha, Rajeshwar P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cyanobacteria; DNA repair; Mitigation strategies; Mycosporine like amino acids; Programmed cell death; Reactive oxygen species; Scytonemin; Signal transduction; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; MYCOSPORINE LIKE AMINO ACID; PHYCOBILIPROTEIN; SCYTONEMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BLEACHING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA DAMAGE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR SENSOR; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROKARYOTE; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; REVIEW; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AMINO ACIDS; APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CYANOBACTERIA; INDOLES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

CYANOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 77949275841     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2009.05.004     Document Type: Review

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