Variations of lectin binding sites in extracellular glycoconjugates during the life cycle of Nostoc punctiforme, a potentially endosymbiotic cyanobacterium

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 233-239

  Schussler A ^a   Meyer, T ^b   Gehrig, H ^b   Kluge, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Extracellular glycoconjugates; Lectins; Nostoc punctiforme; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 2642674424     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967026297001340     Document Type: Article

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