Characterization of chloroplast division using the arabidopsis mutant arc5

Plant Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 149-159

  Robertson, Elizabeth J ^a   Rutherford, Stephen M ^a   Leech, Rachel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0030250387     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.1.149     Document Type: Article

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