Ultraviolet-absorbing scytonemin and mycosporine-like amino acid derivatives in exposed, rock-inhabiting cyanobacterial lichens

CHARACTERIZATION AND BIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF SCYTONEMIN, A CYANOBACTERIAL SHEATH PIGMENT¹

Ferrán García‐Pichel, Richard W. Castenholz · Journal of Phycology · 1991 · 739 citations

Life Sciences, Ecology, Microbiology +17

Survey of mycosporine-like amino acid compounds in Antarctic marine organisms: Potential protection from ultraviolet exposure

Deneb Karentz, F. S. McEuen, M. C. Land et al. · Marine Biology · 1991 · 487 citations

Life Sciences, Marine Biology, Marine Sciences +16

Occurrence of UV-Absorbing, Mycosporine-Like Compounds among Cyanobacterial Isolates and an Estimate of Their Screening Capacity

Ferrán García‐Pichel, Richard W. Castenholz · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 1993 · 462 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Microbiology +15

The structure of scytonemin, an ultraviolet sunscreen pigment from the sheaths of cyanobacteria

Philip Proteau, William H. Gerwick, Ferrán García‐Pichel et al. · Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences · 1993 · 391 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Botany +11

The changing solar ultraviolet climate and the ecological consequences for higher plants

Martyn M. Caldwell, Alan H. Teramura, M. Tevini · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 1989 · 333 citations

Life Sciences, Plant Biology, Plant Sciences +16