Evidence for Signal Transduction in the Stimulation of Nitrate Uptake by Blue Light in Chlorella saccharophila

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 128-132

  Matschke M ^a   Riedel, J ^a   Tischner, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 0001655363     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1997.tb03149.x     Document Type: Article

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