Molecular analysis of the AHAS gene of Porphyridium sp. (Rhodophyta) and of a mutant resistant to sulfometuron methyl

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1233-1236

  Lapidot, Miri ^a   Raveh, Dina ^a   Sivan, Alex ^a   Arad, Shoshana ^a   Shapira, Michal ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS); Chloroplast evolution; Porphyridium sp.; Rhodophyta

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE RESISTANCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PORPHYRIDIUM;

EID: 0033374138     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1999.3561233.x     Document Type: Article

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