Toxic effects of nickel on photosystem II of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Cytobios

Volumn 1998, Issue 373, 1998, Pages 93-101

  El Naggar, Amal H ^a  

^a Tanta University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Nickel toxicity; Photosystem II

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EID: 0002778315     PISSN: 00114529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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