Cell division and morphogenesis of the centric diatom Chaetoceros decipiens (Bacillariophyceae) II. Electron microscopy and a new paradigm for tip growth

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 995-1004

  Pickett Heaps, Jeremy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actin; Diatom; Pseudopodium; Seta; Spine; Tip growth

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAETOCEROS; CHAETOCEROS DECIPIENS; COSCINODISCOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0032436544     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1998.340995.x     Document Type: Article

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