A rapid method for chloroplast isolation from the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Nature Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2227-2230

  Mason, Catherine B ^a   Bricker, Terry M ^a   Moroney, James V ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLAST; ENZYMOLOGY; NEEDLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLASTS; NEEDLES;

EID: 34548853382     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.348     Document Type: Article

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