Indications for the occurrence of nitric oxide synthases in fungi and plants and the involvement in photoconidiation of Neurospora crassa

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 393-398

  Ninnemann, Helga ^a   Maier, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICTYOSTELIUM; EMBRYOPHYTA; FABACEAE; FUNGI; MUCUNA HASSJOO; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PHYCOMYCES;

EID: 0030221435     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1996.tb02477.x     Document Type: Article

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