Nitric oxide production and tolerance differ among symbiodinium types exposed to heat stress

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1889-1898

  Hawkins, Thomas D ^a   Davy, Simon K ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cell death; Cnidarian algal symbiosis; Coral bleaching; Nitric oxide; Thermal stress; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; DINOFLAGELLATE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; HEAT; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CHLOROPHYLL; DINOFLAGELLIDA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; HOT TEMPERATURE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; METAZOA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 84869161476     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcs127     Document Type: Article

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