Effect of amino acid moieties on metal binding in pulvinic acid derivatives and ecological implications for lichens producing these compounds

Bryologist

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Hauck, Markus ^a   Jürgens, Sascha René ^a   Leuschner, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epanorin; Lichenized Ascomycetes; Metal homeostasis; PKa value; Rhizocarpic acid; Tetronic acids; UV spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA;

EID: 77949353666     PISSN: 00072745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745-113.1.1     Document Type: Article

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