The cell wall galactans from Australian representatives of the genus Meristotheca (Solieriaceae, Rhodophyta)

Phycologia

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 572-581

  Watt, Nicole J ^a   Chiovitti, Anthony ^a   Craik, David J ^b   Kraft, Gerald T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BETAPHYCUS; EUCHEUMA; EUKARYOTA; GIGARTINALES; KAPPAPHYCUS; MERISTOTHECA; MERISTOTHECA PAPULOSA; MERISTOTHECA PROCUMBENS; PAPULOSA; RHODOPHYTA; SARCONEMA; SOLIERIA; SOLIERIACEAE; TIKVAHIELLA;

EID: 0347604988     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-42-6-572.1     Document Type: Article

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