Analysis of expressed sequence tags from the marine microalga Nannochloropsis oculata (Eustigmatophyceae)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-102

  Shi, Juan ^a   Pan, Kehou ^a   Yu, Jianzhong ^a   Zhu, Baohua ^a   Yang, Guanpin ^a   Yu, Wengong ^a   Zhang, Xinyu ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Eustigmatophyceae; Expressed sequence tag; Genomics; Lipid metabolism; Nannochloropsis oculata

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; EUSTIGMATOPHYCEAE; NANNOCHLOROPSIS OCULATA;

EID: 38949115608     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00444.x     Document Type: Article

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