Cytokinesis and nodal anatomy in the charophycean green alga Chara zeylanica

Protoplasma

Volumn 203, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 65-74

  Cook, M E ^a,b   Graham, L E ^a   Lavin, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell plate; Chara zeylanica; Cytokinesis; Evolution; Meristem; Plasmodesmata

Indexed keywords

CELL DIVISION; GOLGI APPARATUS; MICROTUBULE; MITOCHONDRION; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALGAE; CHARA ZEYLANICA; CHARALES; CHLOROPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0031719363     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01280588     Document Type: Article

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