Cloning and characterization of LRG5, a gene involved in blue light signaling in Chlamydomonas gametogenesis

Plant Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 677-683

  Glöckner, Gernot ^a,b   Beck, Christoph F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0031239468     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1997.d01-20.x     Document Type: Article

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