Photoprotection by carotenoid pigments in the yeast Rhodotorula mucilaginosa: The role of torularhodin

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1145-1151

  Moliné, Martín ^a   Flores, María Regina ^b   Libkind, Diego ^a   Del Carmen Diéguez, María ^a   Farías, María Eugenia ^b   Van Broock, María ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b PLANTA PILOTO DE PROCESOS INDUSTRIALES MICROBIOLÓGICOS PROIMI CONICET   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHODOTORULA MUCILAGINOSA;

EID: 77954962009     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c0pp00009d     Document Type: Article

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