Immunocytochemical localization of RuBisCO in the compartmentalized osmiophilic body in dark-grown cells of Euglena gracilis Z

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 239-241

  Osafune, Tetsuaki ^a   Schwartzbach, Steven D ^b   Yamato, Makoto ^a  

^a NIPPON SPORT SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Compartmentalized osmiophilic body; Euglena; Immunoelectron microscopy; RuBisCo

Indexed keywords

EUGLENA; EUGLENA GRACILIS;

5-BISPHOSPHATE; COMPARTMENTALIZED OSMIOPHILIC BODY; EUGLENA GRACILIS; EUGLENUM; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LOCALISATION; OXYGENASES; RIBULOSE; RIBULOSE-L,5-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE/OXYGENASE;

EID: 0011850227     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jmicro.a023439     Document Type: Article

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