Ultrastructural, autoradiographic and electrophoretic examinations of Chara Tomentosa spermiogenesis;Ultrastrukturalne, autoradiograficzne i elektroforetyczne badania procesu spermiogenezy u Chara Tomentosa

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 201-209

  Kwiatkowska, Maria ^a   Kaźmierczak, Andrzej ^a   Popłońska, Katarzyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; Capillar electrophoresis; Chara tomentosa; Histones; Protamine like proteins; Spermiogenesis; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CHARA; CHARA TOMENTOSA;

EID: 0036401675     PISSN: 00016977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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