Effect of heavy metals on phycobiliproteins of Anacystis nidulans

Photosynthetica

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 545-548

  Gupta, A ^a   Singhal, G S ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

allophycocyanin; Anacystis nidulans; Cd; Cu; phycocyanin; Tl

Indexed keywords

ANACYSTIS; ANACYSTIS NIDULANS;

EID: 0030473082     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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