Cell-wall formation during the cell cycle of Porphyridium sp. (Rhodophyta)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 78-83

  Simon Bercovitch, Bracha ^a   Bar Zvi, Dudy ^a   Arad, Shoshana ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Cell wall polysaccharide; Porphyridium; Red microalgae; Rhodophyta; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; PORPHYRIDIUM; PORPHYRIDIUM SP.; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0032987587     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1999.3510078.x     Document Type: Article

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