Investigations into the »inverse contrast« of chloroplast thylakoids

Acta Botanica Croatica

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 253-265

  Keresztes, Áron ^a   Sárvári, Éva ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; Dense lumenal substance; Electron microscopy; Polyphenol oxidase; Thylakoid

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039191563     PISSN: 03650588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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