Diurnal fluctuation of nitrate reductase activity in the marine red alga Gracilaria tenuistipitata (Rhodophyta)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 225-231

  Lopes, Patrícia F ^a   Oliveira, Mariana C ^a   Colepicolo, Pio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Gracilaria; In vitro assay; Nitrate reductase; Rhodophyta

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; FUNGI; GRACILARIA; GRACILARIA TENUISTIPITATA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0030905812     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1997.00225.x     Document Type: Article

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