The Chlamydomonas mating type plus fertilization tubule, a prototypic cell fusion organelle: Isolation, characterization, and in vitro adhesion to mating type minus gametes

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 137, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1537-1553

  Wilson, Nedra F ^a   Foglesong, Mary J ^a   Snell, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; MATING; MICROVILLUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOMONAS; FERTILIZATION; MEMBRANE FUSION;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS;

EID: 0031002436     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.137.7.1537     Document Type: Article

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