Epixenosomes: Peculiar epibionts of the ciliate Euplotidium itoi: Morphological and functional cell compartmentalization

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 313-320

  Rosati, G ^a   Giambelluca, M A ^a   Taiti, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell compartmentalization; Cell evolution; Enzyme cytochemistry; Epixenosomes; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; BASIC PROTEIN; DNA; ENZYME; PEROXIDASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CILIATE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EPIXENOSOME; LECTIN BINDING SITE; MEMBRANE; MICROTUBULE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN;

CILIOPHORA; EUPLOTIDIUM; EUPLOTIDIUM ITOI;

EID: 0029946312     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(96)80018-8     Document Type: Article

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