New bile pigment excreted by a Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mutant: A possible breakdown catabolite of chlorophylla

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 504-508

  Doi, M ^a   Shima, S ^a   Egashira, T ^a   Nakamura, K ^a   Okayama, S ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

bile pigment; Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; chlorophyll b less mutant; chlorophyll degradation

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII;

EID: 0030912124     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-1617(97)80311-2     Document Type: Article

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