Circadian clocks of synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803, thermosynechococcus elongatus, prochlorococcus spp., trichodesmium spp. and other species

Bacterial Circadian Programs

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 259-282

  Aoki, Setsuyuki ^a   Onai, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84920092430     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-88431-6_15     Document Type: Chapter

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