The discovery of the division apparatus of plastids and mitochondria

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 123-134

  Kuroiwa, Tsuneyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell division; Contractile ring; Cytokinesis; FtsZ; Mitochondrial division; Organelle division; Organellokinesis; Plastid division

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANIDIOSCHYZON MEROLAE; EUKARYOTA; RHODOPHYTA;

BACTERIA; CELL PROLIFERATION; PROTEINS;

CELL DIVISIONS; CONTRACTILE RING; CYTOKINESIS; FTSZ; MAIN EVENT; MITOCHONDRIAL DIVISION; MITOCHONDRIAS; ORGANELLE DIVISION; ORGANELLOKINESIS; PLASTID DIVISION;

MITOCHONDRIA;

EID: 0034081541     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jmicro.a023776     Document Type: Review

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