Synergistic effects of light, temperature, and nitrogen source on transcription of genes for carbon and nitrogen metabolism in the centric diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana (Bacillariophyceae)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1142-1153

  Parker, Micaela Schnitzler ^a   Armbrust, E Virginia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Diatom; Glutamine synthetase II; Glycine decarboxylase T protein; Nitrate reductase; Phosphoglycolate phosphatase; Photorespiration; Sedoheptulose 1,7 bisphosphatase; Thalassiosira pseudonana; Transcription

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; LIGHT EFFECT; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; COSCINODISCOPHYCEAE; THALASSIOSIRA PSEUDONANA;

EID: 29344437822     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2005.00139.x     Document Type: Article

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