Electron-opaque annular structure girdling the constricting isthmus of the dividing chloroplasts of Heterosigma akashiwo (Raphidophyceae, Chromophyta)

Protoplasma

Volumn 197, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 210-216

  Hashimoto, Haruki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chloroplast division; Chloroplast envelope; Chromophyta; Heterosigma akashiwo; Plastid dividing ring; Secondary endosymbiosis

Indexed keywords

AKASHIWO; ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CHROMOPHYTA; HETEROSIGMA AKASHIWO; RAPHIDOPHYCEAE; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0031027026     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01288030     Document Type: Article

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