Sam, Sahh and Map gene expression during cell division and paralytic shellfish toxin production of Alexandrium catenella (Dinophyceae)

Phycologia

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 666-674

  Harlow, Lucy D ^a,c   Negri, Andrew ^b   Hallegraeff, Gustaaf M ^a   Koutoulis, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alexandrium catenella; Methionine aminopeptidase; Paralytic shellfish toxin; Quantitative real time PCR; S adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase; S adenosylmethionine synthetase; Toxic dinoflagellate

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDRIUM CATENELLA; ALEXANDRIUM FUNDYENSE; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 36148992608     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/07-25.1     Document Type: Article

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