RUBISCO adaptation to low temperatures: A comparative study in psychrophilic and mesophilic unicellular algae

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 655-660

  Devos, Nathalie ^a   Ingouff, Mathieu ^a   Loppes, Roland ^a   Matagne, René F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas; Chloromonas; Molecular adaptation to low temperatures; Psychrophilic algae; RUBISCO

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROMONAS;

EID: 0031684804     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1998.340655.x     Document Type: Article

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