Effect of calcium ion on uptake of amino acids by symbiotic Chlorella F36-ZK isolated from Japanese Paramecium bursaria

Plant Science

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 88-96

  Kato, Yutaka ^a   Imamura, Nobutaka ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid transport; Calcium; Chlorella; Divalent cation; Paramecium bursaria; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM BURSARIA;

EID: 36049022868     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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