Osmoregulatory mutants that affect the function of the contractile vacuole in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Protoplasma

Volumn 200, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 99-111

  Luykx, P ^a   Hoppenrath, M ^b   Robinson, D G ^b  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Contractile vacuole; Electron microscopy; Osmoregulation; Osmoregulatory mutants; Videomicroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII;

EID: 0031410168     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01280738     Document Type: Article

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