High-resolution scanning electron microscopy of chromatin bodies and replication bands of isolated macronuclei in the hypotrichous ciliate Euplotes aediculatus

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 40-45

  Arikawa, Mikihiko ^a   Watanabe, Akihiko ^b,c   Watanabe, Kiyoshi ^c   Suzaki, Toshinobu ^d  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^c Fukuoka Futaba Elementary School   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Chromatin body; Euplotes aediculatus; FE SEM; Replication band; SEM

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; EUPLOTES; EUPLOTES AEDICULATUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034604007     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0932-4739(00)80021-8     Document Type: Article

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