Disintegration of chloroplasts during zygote maturation in Closterium ehrenbergii (Zygnematales, Chlorophyta)

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 609-614

  Ogawa, Shigeru ^a   Hirota, Kazue ^a  

^a JOETSU UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; Closterium; Conjugation; Disintegration of chloroplast; Zygnematales; Zygote maturation

Indexed keywords

CLOSTERIUM EHRENBERGII;

EID: 0033865340     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314287     Document Type: Article

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