Photosynthetic characterization of a mutant of nannochloropsis deficient in the synthesis of eicosapentaenoic acid

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 101-108

  Sukenik, Assaf ^a   Schneider, Jane C ^b   Roessler, Paul G ^a,b,c,d   Livne, Alexander ^a   Berner, Tamar ^c   Kolber, Zbigniew ^d   Wyman, Kevin ^d   Prasil, Ondrej ^d   Falkowski, Paul G ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANNOCHLOROPSIS;

EID: 0031690352     PISSN: 07929978     EISSN: 22238980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07929978.1998.10676716     Document Type: Article

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