Freeze-fracture studies in the brown alga Asteronema rhodochortonoides

Protoplasma

Volumn 193, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 46-57

  Reiss, H D ^a   Katsaros, C ^b   Galatis, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Asteronema; Brown algae; Cellulose; Freeze fracture; Terminal complexes

Indexed keywords

ASTERONEMA RHODOCHORTONOIDES;

EID: 0029904634     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01276633     Document Type: Article

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