Flow cytometric analysis of nocodazole-induced cell-cycle arrest in the pennate diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum Bohlin

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 569-572

  Ng, Christine K F ^a   Lam, Connie M C ^a   Yeung, Patrick K K ^a   Wong, J T Y ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Diatom; Flow cytometry; Nocodazole; Phaeodactylum tricornutum

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; NOCODAZOLE;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM;

EID: 0032408751     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008039500919     Document Type: Article

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