Mycosporine-glutaminol-glucoside, a UV-absorbing compound of two Rhodotorula yeast species

Yeast

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1077-1081

  Sommaruga, Ruben ^a   Libkind, Diego ^b   van Broock, Maria ^b   Whitehead, Kenia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Basidiomycetes; Lakes; MAAs; Mycosporine like amino acids; Mycosporines; UV radiation; Yeasts

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSIDE; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MYCOSPORINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOTORULA; SCREENING TEST; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYCLOHEXANOLS; FRESH WATER; GLUCOSIDES; RHODOTORULA; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; RHODOTORULA MINUTA; RHODOTORULA SLOOFFIAE;

EID: 7944235766     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/yea.1148     Document Type: Article

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