Nuclear crystals, lampbrush-chromosome-like structures, and perinuclear cytoskeletal elements associated with nuclear fragmentation in characean internodal cells

Protoplasma

Volumn 212, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 146-161

  Foissner, I ^a   Wasteneys, G O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amitosis; Characeae; Lampbrush chromosome like structure; Nuclear crystal; Nuclear fragmentation; Nucleus; Perinuclear cytoskeleton

Indexed keywords

CELL INCLUSION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHARA BRAUNII; CHARA CORALLINA; CRYSTAL; FIBRIL; MICROTUBULE; NITELLA CRISTATA; NITELLA FLEXIS; NITELLA FURCATA; NITELLA HYALINA; NITELLA PSEUDOFLABELLATA; NITELLA TRANSLUCENS; NITELLOPSIS OBTUSA;

EID: 0033941323     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01282916     Document Type: Article

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