Chloroplast Biogenesis 81: Transient Formation of Divinyl Chlorophyll a Following a 2.5 ms Light Flash Treatment of Etiolated Cucumber Cotyledons

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 852-856

  Adra, Al Numan ^a   Rebeiz, Constantin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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CUCUMIS SATIVUS; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE-ELEVATING VIRUS;

EID: 0001410067     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1998.tb05295.x     Document Type: Article

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