Nitrate transport and not photoinhibition limits growth of the freshwater cyanobacterium Synechococcus species PCC 6301 at low temperature

Plant Physiology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 785-794

  Sakamoto, Toshio ^a   Bryant, Donald A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH;

SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 6301;

EID: 0033080467     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.119.2.785     Document Type: Article

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