Variations in the rhythms of respiration and nitrogen fixation in members of the unicellular diazotrophic cyanobacterial genus Cyanothece

Plant Physiology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1334-1346

  Bandyopadhyay, Anindita ^a   Elvitigala, Thanura ^a   Liberton, Michelle ^a   Pakrasi, Himadri B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84874627804     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.208231     Document Type: Article

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