Mycosporine-like amino acids from coral dinoflagellates

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 8478-8486

  Rosic, Nedeljka N ^a   Dove, Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTORS; AMINO ACID RESIDUES; BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULE; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; CORAL TISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENZYMATIC PATHWAYS; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE ORGANISMS; MAXIMUM ABSORBANCE; MUTUALISTIC SYMBIOSIS; MYCOSPORINE-LIKE AMINO ACIDS; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY; PIGMENT CONCENTRATION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SECONDARY METABOLITES; SHIKIMATE PATHWAY; WATER SOLUBLE COMPOUNDS;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBOHYDRATES; CHROMOPHORES; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; KETONES; MARINE BIOLOGY; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; OXYGEN; REEFS; TISSUE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

WATER ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID; CYCLOHEXANOL DERIVATIVE; PIGMENT; SUNSCREEN;

AMINO ACID; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; DINOFLAGELLATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MUTAGENICITY; MUTUALISM; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENT; REEF FORMATION; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DINOFLAGELLATE; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CYCLOHEXANOLS; DINOFLAGELLIDA; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 83155188295     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05870-11     Document Type: Article

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