Colony organization in the green alga Botryococcus braunii (Race B) is specified by a complex extracellular matrix

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1424-1440

  Weiss, Taylor L ^a   Roth, Robyn ^b   Goodson, Carrie ^c   Vitha, Stanislav ^d   Black, Ian ^e   Azadi, Parastoo ^e   Rusch, Jannette ^c   Holzenburg, Andreas ^a,d   Devarenne, Timothy P ^a   Goodenough, Ursula ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Texas AandM University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; BETA GLUCAN; GALACTOSE; HYDROCARBON; LIPID;

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROPLAST; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GOLGI COMPLEX; GREEN ALGA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARABINOSE; BETA-GLUCANS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; CHLOROPHYTA; CHLOROPLASTS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GALACTOSE; GOLGI APPARATUS; HYDROCARBONS; LIPIDS;

BOTRYOCOCCUS BRAUNII; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 84870407838     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00184-12     Document Type: Article

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