Prospects in diatom research

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 180-186

  Lopez, Pascal J ^a   Desclés, Julien ^a   Allen, Andrew E ^a,b   Bowler, Chris ^a,c  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA; CARBON; GENES; SILICON;

ENDOSYMBIOTIC EVENTS; MICRODEVICES; MOLECULAR GENOMICS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CARBON; FATTY ACID; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; IRON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLYPEPTIDE; SILAFFIN 1A; SILAFFIN 1B; SILAFFIN 2; SILICIC ACID; SILICON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGAL GENETICS; BIOLOGY; BIOMIMETICS; BIOMINERALIZATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON CYCLING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIATOM; EUKARYOTE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLAGELLATE; GENE SEQUENCE; HETEROTROPHY; IRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITROGEN UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; RED ALGA; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SERIAL ENDOSYMBIOTIC THEORY;

ALGAE; BACTERIA; CARBON; DIATOMS; GENES; PLANTS; SILICON;

EID: 17044425973     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2005.02.002     Document Type: Review

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