Evidence supporting nitrite-dependent NO release by the green microalga Scenedesmus obliquus

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 40-46

  Mallick, Nirupama ^a   Mohn, Friedrich Helmuth ^a   Soeder, Carl J ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobiosis; Cycloheximide; Glyphosate; MSX; Nitric oxide; Pentachlorophenol; Scenedesmus

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS OBLIQUUS;

EID: 0033859561     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-1617(00)80133-9     Document Type: Article

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