Transport and assimilation of purines in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Scientia Marina

Volumn 60, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages 195-201

  Pineda, Manuel ^a   Cárdenas, Jacobo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas; Purines; Urate oxidase (uricase); Xanthine dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 0002500352     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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