Nitrate transporter genes from the diatom Cylindrotheca fusiformis (Bacillariophyceae): mRNA levels controlled by nitrogen source and by the cell cycle

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 702-713

  Hildebrand, Mark ^a   Dahlin, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cylindrotheca fusiformis; Diatom; Gene expression; Nitrate transporter; Nitrogen metabolism

Indexed keywords

ASSAY; CELL CULTURE MONITORING; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CLONE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CULTURE MEDIUM; MESSENGER RNA; NITRATE; SILICON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPORTER GENE; UREA;

CYLINDROTHECA FUSIFORMIS;

EID: 0033827071     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2000.99153.x     Document Type: Article

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