Purification and initial characterization of two pheromones from the marine antarctic ciliate, euplotes nobilii

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 355-360

  Felici, Alberto ^a   Alimenti, Claudio ^a   Ortenzi, Claudio ^a   Luporini, Pierangelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell recognition; Ciliate mating types; Protein cell markers; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001048072     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250009909356277     Document Type: Article

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