Purification and identification of the violaxanthin deepoxidase as a 43 kDa protein

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-129

  Arvidsson, Per Ola ^a   Bratt, Charlotte Eva ^a   Carlsson, Marie ^a   Åkerlund, Hans Erik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

spinach; thylakoids; violaxanthin deepoxidase

Indexed keywords

SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 0030471854     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00117662     Document Type: Article

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