Molecular structure of spinach chloroplast nucleoids

Acta Botanica Croatica

Volumn 58, Issue , 1999, Pages 15-25

  Fulgosi, Hrvoje ^a   Ljubešić, Nikola ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Chloroplast nucleoides; cpDNA; Microscopy; Proteins; Spinach

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040715839     PISSN: 03650588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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