Ultrastructure of the vegetative cells of Nostoc flagelliforme prepared with high pressure freezing and freeze substitution technique

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 901-905

  Zhu, Jian ^a   Wang, Jun ^a   Hua, Zhen Ji ^a   Müller, Martin ^a  

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Author keywords

Freeze substitution; High pressure freezing; Nostoc flagelliforme; Ultrastructure; Vegetative cell

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040888846     PISSN: 05777496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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