Characterization of ferredoxin and flavodoxin as markers of iron limitation in marine phytoplankton

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 184, Issue , 1999, Pages 43-53

  Erdner, Deana L ^a   Price, Neil M ^b   Doucette, Gregory J ^c   Peleato, M Luisa ^d   Anderson, Donald M ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ferredoxin; Flavodoxin; Iron; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; FERREDOXIN; FLAVODOXIN; GROWTH RATE; IRON; LIGHT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITRATE; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHATE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT MODEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SILICATE; ZINC;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; COSCINODISCOPHYCEAE; THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII;

EID: 0033612696     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps184043     Document Type: Article

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