The cell wall (theca) of Tetraselmis striata (Chlorophyta): Macromolecular composition and structural elements of the complex polysaccharides

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 779-787

  Becker, Burkhard ^a   Melkonian, Michael ^a   Kamerling, Johannis P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

2 keto sugar acids; Cell wall; Galacturonic acid; Polysaccharides; Prasinophyceae; Tetraselmis striata

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; POLYSACCHARIDE;

TETRASELMIS STRIATA;

EID: 0031721587     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1998.340779.x     Document Type: Article

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