Nutrients, signals, and photosynthate release by symbiotic algae: The impact of taurine on the dinoflagellate alga Symbiodinium from the sea anemone Aiptasia pulchella

Plant Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 631-636

  Wang, Jih Terng ^a   Douglas, Angela Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; CARBOXYLIC ACID; NUTRIENT; PHOTOSYNTHATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS; TAURINE;

ACTINIARIA; AIPTASIA PULCHELLA; ALGAE; ANEMONE; ANIMALIA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 0031403380     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.2.631     Document Type: Article

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