Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A red phycobilin occurring especially in the cells of red algae.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A red coloring matter to which the red seaweeds or Florideæ owe their peculiar coloring, which is present, in addition to chlorophyl, in the cells. It is soluble in water.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A red coloring matter found in algæ of the subclass Florideæ.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biochemistry A red, light-harvesting protein found in
cyanobacteria ,red algae andcryptomonads
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun red pigment in red algae
Etymologies
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Examples
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So while brown stercobilin, red phycoerythrin, green phycoverdin, and blue phycocyanin all have similar structures with lots of alternating bonds, the differences in color aren't necessarily closely tied to any one part of their structure.
Science Question from a Toddler: Why is poop brown? Boing Boing 2009
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To distinguish by flow cytometry B cell subsets that were in the BM parenchyma, or in sinusoids, we injected 1 µg of phycoerythrin
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles João Pedro Pereira et al. 2010
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Multiplexes were developed using an excess of streptavidin-phycoerythrin solution which was thoroughly mixed into each multiplex and incubated for 1 hour at room temperature.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Enrico Domenici et al. 2010
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Multiplexes were developed using an excess of streptavidin-phycoerythrin solution which was thoroughly mixed into each multiplex and incubated for 1 hour at room temperature.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Enrico Domenici et al. 2010
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Multiplexes were developed using an excess of streptavidin-phycoerythrin solution which was thoroughly mixed into each multiplex and incubated for 1 hour at room temperature.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Enrico Domenici et al. 2010
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HMDM purity was determined by staining with CD14 and CD68 antibodies conjugated to phycoerythrin (Invitrogen) and analysis by flow cytometry
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Justin L. Spinner et al. 2010
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Multiplexes were developed using an excess of streptavidin-phycoerythrin solution which was thoroughly mixed into each multiplex and incubated for 1 hour at room temperature.
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Briefly, 1×106 MNCs were stained with 1 µg fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) - or phycoerythrin (PE) - conjugated monoclonal antibodies for 20 min at
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Dity Natan et al. 2009
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Some rhodophyta have very little phycoerythrin, so they may appear green or blue from chlorophyll and other pigments possessed by them.
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Palmariales - Pihiellales - Plocamiales - Rhodogorgonales - Rhodymeniales algae, have the pigment phycoerythrin, which reflects red light and absorbs blue light.
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