Cytoarchitecture of the desiccation-tolerant green alga Zygogonium ericetorum

Protoplasma

Volumn 243, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-24

  Holzinger, A ^a   Tschaikner, A ^a   Remias, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Desiccation; Electron microscopy; Green algae; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMISTRY; DESICCATION; GREEN ALGA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THYLAKOID; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALGAE, GREEN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DESICCATION; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; ORGANELLES; THYLAKOIDS; WATER; CHLOROPHYTA;

CHLOROPHYTA; FUNGI; ZYGNEMATALES; ZYGOGONIUM ERICETORUM;

EID: 77954035115     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-009-0048-5     Document Type: Article

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