Ariadne's thread: Guiding a protein across five membranes in cryptophytes

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-26

  Gould, Sven B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chromalveolate; Cryptophyte; Endosymbiosis; Nucleomorph; Periplastidial compartment; Stramenopile

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHROMALVEOLATA; CRYPTOPHYTA;

EID: 38949205607     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00437.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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