Rapid Isolation of Intact Chloroplasts from Spinach Leaves

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 684, Issue , 2011, Pages 321-325

  Joly, David ^a   Carpentier, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chloroplasts; Leaves; Oxygen evolution; Potassium ferricyanide; Spinach

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CENTRIFUGATION; CHLOROPLAST; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PLANT LEAF; SPINACH; TIME;

CELL FRACTIONATION; CENTRIFUGATION; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPLASTS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXYGEN; PLANT LEAVES; SPINACIA OLERACEA; TIME FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 79952117733     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-925-3_24     Document Type: Chapter

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