Plastid division: Evidence for a prokaryotically derived mechanism

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 475-479

  Osteryoung, Katherine W ^a   Pyke, Kevin A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; MUTATION; PLASTID; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIA; CELL DIVISION; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; PLASTIDS;

EID: 0032240930     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(98)80038-1     Document Type: Article

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