Isolation and characterization of glutamine synthetase from the marine diatom Skeletonema costatum

Plant Physiology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1169-1175

  Robertson, Deborah L ^a   Alberte, Randall S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; NITZSCHIA ALBA; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM;

EID: 0030220454     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.4.1169     Document Type: Article

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