The Photoreceptor for Phototaxis in the Photosynthetic Flagellate Euglena gracilis

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 260-265

  Häder, Donat P ^a   Lebert, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUGLENA GRACILIS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 0001054906     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1998.tb09679.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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