Multiple Roles of Photosynthetic and Sunscreen Pigments in Cyanobacteria Focusing on the Oxidative Stress

Cyanobacteria have two types of sunscreen pigments, scytonemin and mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs). These secondary metabolites are thought to play multiple roles against several environmental stresses such as UV radiation and desiccation. Not only the large molar absorption coefficients of thes...

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Autores principales: Wada, Naoki, Sakamoto, Toshio, Matsugo, Seiichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2013
Materias:
Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3901267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24958001
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/metabo3020463

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3901267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24958001
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/metabo3020463

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