Magnesium chelatase of Hordeum vulgare L. is not activated by light but inhibited by pheophorbide

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung Section C - Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 144-152

  Pöpperl, Gerhard ^a   Oster, Ulrike ^a   Blos, Inge ^a   Rüdiger, Wolfhart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll Synthase; Chloroplast; Etioplast Membrane Transport; Hordeum vulgare L.; Protoporphyrin

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 1842410786     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-1997-3-402     Document Type: Article

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