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. 1978 Mar;133(3):1536–1539. doi: 10.1128/jb.133.3.1536-1539.1978

Ethionine-resistant mutants of the filamentous blue-green alga Plectonema boryanum.

W M Hentschel, J L Farmer, W R Andersen
PMCID: PMC222201  PMID: 417071

Abstract

Plectonema boryanum mutants that are resistant to ethionine are unable to incorporate ethionine into acid-precipitable material. Ethionine causes bleaching of chlorophyll in sensitive cells.

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