Molecular characterization of a phosphate-regulated cell-surface protein from the coccolithophorid, Emiliania huxleyi (Prymnesiophyceae)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 814-821

  Landry, Dori M ^a   Gaasterland, Terry ^a   Palenik, Brian P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Coccolithophorid; Emiliania huxleyi; Extracellular proteins; Phosphate; Phosphorus limitation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CELL ORGANELLE; COCCOLITH; DNA; GENOME; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEIN;

EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 33746392336     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00247.x     Document Type: Article

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