Starch metabolism in green algae

Starch/Staerke

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 28-40

  Busi, María V ^a,b   Barchiesi, Julieta ^a   Martín, Mariana ^a   Gomez Casati, Diego F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Algae; Metabolism; Starch

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895065272     PISSN: 00389056     EISSN: 1521379X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/star.201200211     Document Type: Review

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