A double membrane surrounds the hydrogenosomes of the anaerobic fungus Neocallimastix frontalis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 277-282

  Benchimol, Marlene ^a,b   Durand, Roger ^c   De Aquino Almeida, João Carlos ^a,d  

^a Lab de Biologia Celular e Tecidual   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE SANTA ÚRSULA   (Brazil)

^c Centre de Genetique Moleculaire et Cellulaire   (France)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Filamentous fungus; Freeze fracture; Hydrogenosome; Immunocytochemistry; Neocallimastix frontalis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PEROXISOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUMINANT STOMACH; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; FUNGI; HYDROGEN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; RUMEN; SHEEP;

FUNGI; NEOCALLIMASTIX FRONTALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0030800546     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00342-X     Document Type: Article

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