Cloning and expression of a gene encoding a putative chloroplast ω6 fatty acid desaturase of marine chlamydomonas

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-171

  Miyasaka, Hitoshi ^a   Tanaka, Satoshi ^a   Kanaboshi, Haruo ^a  

^a KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO   (Japan)

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EID: 0005148561     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.17.167     Document Type: Article

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