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CHARACTERIZATION OF THE RESERVE GRANULES FROM THE DINOFLAGELLATE THECADINIUM INCLINATUM BALECH(1)
1Department of Botany, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105.
Journal of Phycology
|April 13, 2016
Abstract:
Reserve granules of the dinoflagellate Thecadinium inclinatum Balech were analyzed and found to be composed of a polyglucan very similar to the starches of higher plants.
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