The ultrastructure of the extrusomes in Pseudourostyla cristata, a hypotrichous ciliated protozoan

Protoplasma

Volumn 248, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 475-481

  Zhang, Jun ^a   Sheng, Chun ^a   Tang, Lei ^b   Ni, Bing ^b   Gu, Fukang ^b  

^a SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Extrusomes; Morphology; Pseudourostyla cristata; Trichocyst like extrusive organelles; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CILIATE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HYPOTRICHIA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CILIOPHORA; HYPOTRICHIDA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION;

CILIOPHORA; MYXOZOA; PROTOZOA; PSEUDOUROSTYLA CRISTATA;

EID: 79960270889     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-010-0187-8     Document Type: Article

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