Sterols of Glaucocystophytes

Phycological Research

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-134

  Leblond, Jeffrey D ^a   Timofte, Hermina Ilea ^a   Roche, Shannon A ^a   Porter, Nicole M ^a  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Cyanophora; Glaucocystis; Glaucocystophyte; Lipid; Sterol

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CHLOROPLAST; CYANOBACTERIUM; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LIPID; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; STEROL;

ALGAE; CYANOPHORA; CYANOPHORA PARADOXA; GLAUCOCYSTIS; GLAUCOCYSTIS NOSTOCHINEARUM; GLAUCOCYSTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 79953036841     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: 14401835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2011.00610.x     Document Type: Article

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