Blue light delays commitment to cell division in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Plant Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 689-695

  Oldenhof, H ^a   Zachleder, V ^b   Van Den Ende, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Blue light; Cell cycle; Cell volume; Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Commitment point; Red light

Indexed keywords

LIGHT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SIZE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CYTOLOGY; LIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TIME;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; LIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; TIME FACTORS;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 10344249956     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-821341     Document Type: Article

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