Molecular characterization of the assimilatory nitrate reductase gene and its expression in the marine green alga Dunaliella tertiolecta (Chlorophyceae)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 721-731

  Song, Bongkeun ^a   Ward, Bess B ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dunaliella tertiolecta; Nitrate assimilation; Nitrate reductase; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; GENE EXPRESSION; GREEN ALGA; NITRATE;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; DUNALIELLA; DUNALIELLA TERTIOLECTA; EUKARYOTA; VOLVOX; VOLVOX CARTERI;

EID: 4043103459     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2004.03078.x     Document Type: Article

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