Phycobilin biosynthetic reactions in extracts of cyanobacteria

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 223-230

  Cornejo, Juan ^a   Beale, Samuel I ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biliverdin reductase; Cyanobacteria; Heine oxygenase; Phycobilin biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030983546     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005855010560     Document Type: Article

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