Physiological role of neutral lipid accumulation in eukaryotic microalgae under stresses

Russian Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-176

  Solovchenko, A E ^a,b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b TIMIRYAZEV INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

adaptation; carotenoids; microalgae (unicellular eukaryotic algae); neutral lipids; polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84857552164     PISSN: 10214437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1021443712020161     Document Type: Review

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