A methodological approach to investigate steady state fucoxanthin chlorophyll a/c binding protein mRNA levels in Wadden Sea sediments

International Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-39

  Meyer, Telse ^a   Hust, Michael ^b   Marquardt, Jürgen ^c   Krumbein, Wolfgang E ^a   Rhiel, Erhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Diatoms; Field studies; Gene expression; Light harvesting complexes

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CESIUM CHLORIDE; FUCOXANTHIN CHLOROPHYLL A C BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NYLON; RIBOSOME DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FUCOXANTHIN , CHLOROPHYLL A C CONTAINING PROTEIN; FUCOXANTHIN-, CHLOROPHYLL A-C-CONTAINING PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL DNA; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM; CRYPTOMONAS; CYCLOTELLA CRYPTICA; DIATOM; DUNALIELLA; EMILIANA HUXLEYI; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GALDIERIA SULPHURARIA; GENE PROBE; HYBRIDIZATION; NAVICULA; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RHODOMONAS; SAMPLE; SEA; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM; STEADY STATE; SUNLIGHT; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; ANIMAL; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EVALUATION; GENETICS; GERMANY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRYPTOMONAS; CYCLOTELLA; CYCLOTELLA CRYPTICA; DUNALIELLA; GALDIERIA; GALDIERIA SULPHURARIA; NAVICULA; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM; SKELETONEMA; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM;

ANIMALS; DIATOMS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GERMANY; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; NORTH SEA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0041700135     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10123-003-0098-z     Document Type: Article

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