Identification of a new gene family expressed during the onset of sexual reproduction in the centric diatom Thalassiosira weissflogii

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 3121-3128

  Armbrust, E Virginia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIATOM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GAMETOGENESIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REPRODUCTION; THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; COSCINODISCOPHYCEAE; PROKARYOTA; THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033053201     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.7.3121-3128.1999     Document Type: Article

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