Cytomorphogenesis in cenocytic green algae. V. Segregative cell division and cortical microtubules in Dictyosphaeria cavernosa (Siphonocladales, Chlorophyceae)

Phycological Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 189-196

  Okuda, Kazuo ^a   Mine, Ichiro ^a   Morinaga, Takeshi ^a   Kuwaki, Norie ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cenocytic green alga; Cortical microtubules; Dictyosphaeria cavernosa; Protoplasmic contraction; Segregative cell division; Siphonocladales; Wound responses

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CLADOPHORALES; DICTYOSPHAERIA CAVERNOSA;

EID: 0347073707     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.1997.tb00075.x     Document Type: Article

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