The ultrastructure of the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii basal apparatus: Identification of an early marker of radial asymmetry inherent in the basal body

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 117, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 2663-2674

  Geimer, Stefan ^a   Melkonian, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basal apparatus; Basal body; Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Flagellate green alga; Probasal body; Rotational asymmetry

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FIBER; FLAGELLUM; GREEN ALGA; KINETOSOME; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CYTOSKELETON; FLAGELLA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTOZOA;

EID: 3242885644     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01120     Document Type: Article

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