Flavodoxin as an Electronic Donor in Photosynthetic Inorganic Nitrogen Assimilation by Iron-deficient Chlorella fusca Cells

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 446-449

  Vigara, A Javier ^a   Inda, Luis A ^b   Vega, José M ^c   Gómez Moreno, Carlos ^b   Peleato, M Luisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

'CHLORELLA' FUSCA;

EID: 0000827891     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1998.tb05225.x     Document Type: Article

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