A dinoflagellate mutant with higher frequency of multiple fission

Protoplasma

Volumn 216, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 75-79

  Lam, C M C ^a   Chong, C ^a   Wong, J T Y ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dinoflagellate; Multiple fission; Multiple fission mutant; Mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BINARY FISSION; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL MUTANT; CELL SIZE; GENETIC SCREENING; MESYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; MUTAGENESIS;

ALGAE; CRYPTHECODINIUM COHNII; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0035043931     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02680134     Document Type: Article

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