GPA, a calcium-binding protein in the coccolithophorid Emiliania huxleyi (Prymnesiophyceae)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 622-630

  Corstjens, Paul L A M ^a   Van Der Kooij, Annemieke ^a   Linschooten, Cornelis ^a   Brouwers, Geert Jan ^a   Westbroek, Peter ^a   De Vrind De Jong, Elisabeth W ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acidic protein; Calcification; Calcium binding protein; Coccolith polysaccharide; Emiliania huxleyi

Indexed keywords

EMILIANA HUXLEYI;

EID: 0031713719     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1998.340622.x     Document Type: Article

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