Diel periodicity of nitrate reductase activity and protein levels in the marine diatom Thalassiosira weissflogii (Bacillariophyceae)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 952-961

  Vergara, Juan J ^a,b   Berges, John A ^a,c   Falkowski, Paul G ^a,d  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Diel cycle; Nitrate reductase; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; NITZSCHIA ALBA; THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII;

EID: 0032441669     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1998.340952.x     Document Type: Article

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