Mitochondrion-dividing ring in an alga Nannochloropsis oculata (Eustigmatophyceae, Heterokonta)

Cytologia

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 323-326

  Hashimoto, Haruki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eustigmatophyceae; Mitochondrial division; Mitochondrion dividing ring (MD ring); Nannochloropsis oculata

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CYANIDIOSCHYZON MEROLAE; EUKARYOTA; EUSTIGMATOPHYCEAE; NANNOCHLOROPSIS; NANNOCHLOROPSIS OCULATA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 11144334228     PISSN: 00114545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.69.323     Document Type: Article

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