Microamperometric measurements of photosynthetic activity in a single algal protoplast

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 1129-1135

  Yasukawa, Tomoyuki ^a   Uchida, Isamu ^a   Matsue, Tomokazu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4 BENZOQUINONE; DIURON; HYDROQUINONE;

ALGA; AMPEROMETRY; ARTICLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTOPLAST; REDUCTION; RESPIRATORY CHAIN;

EID: 0033028549     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77277-2     Document Type: Article

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