Unusual Nuclear Division in Nannochloropsis oculata (Eustigmatophyceae, Heterokonta) which May Ensure Faithful Transmission of Secondary Plastids

Protist

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-49

  Murakami, Ryohei ^a   Hashimoto, Haruki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eustigmatophyte; Nannochloropsis; nuclear division; plastid division; secondary symbiogenesis; spindle pole body

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE ORGANIZING CENTER; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NUCLEAR DIVISION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTID; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALGAE; CELL NUCLEUS DIVISION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROTUBULE-ORGANIZING CENTER; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; PLASTIDS;

ALGAE; EUSTIGMATOPHYCEAE; NANNOCHLOROPSIS; NANNOCHLOROPSIS OCULATA;

EID: 58149345210     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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