Ultrastructure of a novel non-photosynthetic Euglena mutant

Micron

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 367-373

  Rosati, Giovanna ^a   Barsanti, Laura ^b   Passarelli, Vincenzo ^b   Giambelluca, Anita ^a   Gualtieri, Paolo ^b  

^a Dipartimento dell' Ambiente e del Territorio   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Euglena; mutant; photoreceptor; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030265219     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-4328(96)00039-X     Document Type: Article

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