Differences in polysaccharide structure between calcified and uncalcified segments in the coralline calliarthron cheilosporioides (corallinales, rhodophyta)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 507-515

  Martone, Patrick T ^a   Navarro, Diego A ^b   Stortz, Carlos A ^c   Estevez, José M ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agarans; Calliarthron cheilosporioides; Cell wall; Coralline algae; Galactans; Genicula; Intergenicula; Red seaweed

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CALLIARTHRON CHEILOSPORIOIDES; CORALLINALES; GENICULA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 77954452921     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2010.00828.x     Document Type: Article

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