Abstract:
:Sugars that are readily respired by plant cells inhibit greening when dO2 and mu are relatively high. As sugar concentration in the batch culture medium is depleted and mu declines, greening is permitted. The mechanism of this effect has not been satisfactorily explained.
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Biochem Soc Transjournal_title
Biochemical Society transactionsauthors
Dalton Cdoi
10.1042/bst0080475subject
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1980-08-01 00:00:00pages
475-7issue
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0300-5127issn
1470-8752journal_volume
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