Analyses of structure of photoreceptor organelle and blepharismin-associated protein in unicellular eukaryote Blepharisma

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 709-713

  Matsuoka, Tatsuomi ^a   Tokumori, Daisuke ^a   Kotsuki, Hiyoshizo ^a   Ishida, Masaki ^b   Matsushita, Motoaki ^a   Kimura, Satoshi ^c   Itoh, Takao ^c   Checcucci, Giovanni ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEPHARISMIN ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PIGMENT; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLEPHARISMA; CELL ORGANELLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EUKARYOTE; FLUORESCENCE; FREEZE FRACTURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGHT; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTOZOON;

ANIMALS; CILIOPHORA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ORGANELLES; PERYLENE; PHOTOBIOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL;

BLEPHARISMA; EUKARYOTA; MYXOZOA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034335266     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2000)072<0709:AOSOPO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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