Characterization of ectoenzyme activity and phosphate-regulated proteins in the coccolithophorid Emiliania huxleyi

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1215-1225

  Dyhrman, Sonya T ^a,b   Palenik, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DINOPHYCEAE; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PROROCENTRUM; PROROCENTRUM MINIMUM;

EID: 0142059531     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbg086     Document Type: Article

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