Profiling transcriptome complexity and secondary metabolite synthesis in a benthic soft coral, Sinularia polydactyla

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 166-178

  Hoover, Cindi A ^a,c   Slattery, Marc ^b   Marsh, Adam G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical defense; Phenotypic plasticity; Predation; Sinularia; Soft coral transcriptome

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION; SINULARIA; SOFT CORAL TRANSCRIPTOME;

BIOSYNTHESIS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RNA; TRANSPLANTS;

BIODIVERSITY;

MESSENGER RNA;

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; COMPLEXITY; CORAL; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION; RNA; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; FISHES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RNA, MESSENGER;

ALCYONACEA; ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; SINULARIA; SINULARIA POLYDACTYLA;

EID: 34247598834     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-006-6048-y     Document Type: Article

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