Reexamination of the pit plugs and the characteristic membranous structures in Porphyra yezoensis (Bangiales, Rhodophyta)

Phycologia

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-11

  Ueki, Chika ^a   Nagasato, Chikako ^a   Motomura, Taizo ^a   Saga, Naotsune ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokinesis; Freeze substitution; Lomasome; Pit plug formation; Porphyra yezoensis; Red algae

Indexed keywords

BANGIALES; PORPHYRA; PORPHYRA YEZOENSIS; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 38549083241     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/0031-8884(2008)47[5:ROTPPA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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