The primitive red algae Cyanidium caldarium and Cyanidioschyzon merolae as model system for investigating the dividing apparatus of mitochondria and plastids

BioEssays

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 344-354

  Kuroiwa, Tsuneyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANIDIOSCHYZON MEROLAE; CYANIDIUM CALDARIUM; EUKARYOTA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0031901605     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199804)20:4<344::AID-BIES11>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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