Genetic engineering of resistance to bleaching herbicides affecting phytoene desaturase and lycopene cyclase in cyanobacterial carotenogenesis

Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 68-78

  Windhövel, Ute ^a   Sandmann, Gerhard ^b   Böger, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; ERWINIA; PANTOEA ANANATIS; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 6301;

EID: 18244429265     PISSN: 00483575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pest.1997.2261     Document Type: Article

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