Green fluorescent protein regulation in the coral acropora yongei during photoacclimation

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 3644-3655

  Roth, Melissa S ^a   Latz, Michael I ^a   Goericke, Ralf ^b   Deheyn, Dimitri D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Dinoflagellate; Fluorescence; GFP; Light; Photoprotection; Symbiodinium; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; DINOFLAGELLATE; FLUORESCENCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; DINOFLAGELLIDA; FLUORESCENCE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LIGHT; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX;

ACROPORA YONGEI; ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; SCLERACTINIA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 78149328383     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.040881     Document Type: Article

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