The cytoskeleton of the naked green flagellate Spermatozopsis similis (Chlorophyta): Analysis of isolated basal apparatuses in the parallel configuration

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 241-253

  Geimer, Stefan ^a   Lechtreck, Karl Ferdinand ^a   Melkonian, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basal body; Chlorophyceae; Flagellar apparatus; Spermatozopsis similis; Striated fibers

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PRASINOPHYCEAE; SPERMATOZOPSIS SIMILIS;

EID: 0030996955     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1997.00241.x     Document Type: Article

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