Molecular structure of the resistant biopolymer in zygospore cell walls of Chlamydomonas monoica

Planta

Volumn 207, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 539-543

  Blokker, Peter ^a   Schouten, Stefan ^a   De Leeuw, Jan W ^a   Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S ^a   Van Den Ende, Herman ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Algaenan; Chlamydomonas; Sporopollenin; Zygospore

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CELL WALL; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PYROLYSIS; SPOROPOLLENIN; ZYGOSPORE;

CHLAMYDOMONAS MONOICA; PEDIASTRUM BORYANUM; SCENEDESMUS COMMUNIS; TETRAEDRON MINIMUM;

EID: 0033028583     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050515     Document Type: Article

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