Biosynthesis of chlorophyll regulates reconstruction of thylakoid membrane in cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1003-1009

  Wu, Qing Yu ^a,b   Xu, Hong ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DNA recombination; Light independent synthesis of chlorophyll; Reconstruction of thylakoid membrane

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006080431     PISSN: 05777496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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