Chlorophyll degradation in a Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mutant: An accumulation of pyropheophorbide a by anaerobiosis

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 469-474

  Doi, Michio ^a   Inage, Tetsuhiko ^b   Shioi, Yuzo ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mutant; Chlorophyll degradation; Green alga; Pyropheophorbide a accumulation

Indexed keywords

ALGAL CELL; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; BIODEGRADATION; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLLIDE; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PHEOPHORBIDE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII;

EID: 0034993573     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pce057     Document Type: Article

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