Changes in ultrastructure and inhibition of electron transport activity induced by thallium in Nostoc muscorum

Photosynthetica

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 393-398

  Gupta, Anu ^a   Singhal, G S ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

chlorophyll fluorescence; peptidoglycan layer; photosystems

Indexed keywords

NOSTOC; NOSTOC MUSCORUM;

EID: 0029902913     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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