Reconciling the bizarre inheritance of microtubules in complex (euglenid) microeukaryotes

Protoplasma

Volumn 249, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 859-869

  Yubuki, Naoji ^a   Leander, Brian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basal body; Cytokinesis; Cytoskeleton; Euglenida; Euglenozoa; Eukaryotes; Flagellar apparatus; Microtubules; Pellicle; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EUGLENIDA; EUGLENOZOA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84867139772     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-011-0340-z     Document Type: Review

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