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SUBMITTER: Cruz S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4298725 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cruz Sónia S Cartaxana Paulo P Newcomer Rebecca R Dionísio Gisela G Calado Ricardo R Serôdio João J Pelletreau Karen N KN Rumpho Mary E ME
Scientific reports 20150120
Some sea slugs are capable of retaining functional sequestered chloroplasts (kleptoplasts) for variable periods of time. The mechanisms supporting the maintenance of these organelles in animal hosts are still largely unknown. Non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) and the occurrence of a xanthophyll cycle were investigated in the sea slugs Elysia viridis and E. chlorotica using chlorophyll fluorescence measurements and pigment analysis. The photoprotective capacity of kleptoplasts was compared to tha ...[more]