Binding of a labelled lectin from the lichen Xanthoria parietina to its own phycobiont and analysis of its enzymatic activity

Phyton - Annales Rei Botanicae

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 145-158

  Molina, María Del Carmen ^a   Vicente, Carlos ^a   Pedrosa, Mercedes M ^a   Muniz, Enriqueta ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Algal binding protein; Arginase; Ferritin; Fluorescein; Lectin binding; Urease; Xanthoria parietina

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010132842     PISSN: 00792047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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