Cellulose in the house of the appendicularian Oikopleura rufescens

Protoplasma

Volumn 216, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 71-74

  Kimura, S ^a   Ohshima, C ^b   Hirose, E ^b   Nishikawa, J ^c   Itoh, T ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Appendicularian; Appendicularian house; Cellulose; Electron diffraction; Tunicate

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CRYSTALLIN; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; FIBER; FIBRIL; OIKOPLEURA RUFESCENS; SIZE;

ANIMALS; CELLULOSE; MICROFIBRILS; UROCHORDATA; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); ASCIDIACEA; OIKOPLEURA; OIKOPLEURA RUFESCENS; THALIACEA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0035043924     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02680133     Document Type: Article

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