Cellular polyamines of lower eukaryotes belonging to the phyla Glaucophyta, Rhodophyta, Cryptophyta, Haptophyta and Percolozoa

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 235-240

  Hamana, Koei ^a   Niitsu, Masaru ^b  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JOSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryptophyta; Glaucophyta; Haptophyta; Percolozoa; Polyamine; Rhodophyta

Indexed keywords

POLYAMINE;

ALGAL CELL CULTURE; ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOPHYTA; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYANOPHORA; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; EUKARYOTE; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; GLAUCOPHYTA; HAPTOPHYTA; HETEROTROPH; NONHUMAN; PERCOLOZOA; PHYLOGENY; RED ALGA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ALGA; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM;

CRYPTOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; GLAUCOCYSTOPHYCEAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PERCOLOZOA; RHODOPHYTA;

ALGAE; ALGAE, RED; CRYPTOPHYTA; POLYAMINES;

EID: 39049189923     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.52.235     Document Type: Article

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