High-resolution electron microscopy on ultrathin sections of cellulose microfibrils generated by glomerulocytes in Polyzoa vesiculiphora

Protoplasma

Volumn 203, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 84-90

  Helbert, W ^a   Sugiyama, J ^a,b   Kimura, S ^a   Itoh, T ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Wood Research Institute

Author keywords

Cellulose microfibril; Cross sectional shape; Glomerulocyte; Lattice image; Lattice orientation

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLULOSE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; POLYZOA VESICULIPHORA; VALONIA;

VALONIA;

EID: 0031720008     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01280590     Document Type: Article

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