Physiological regulation of coccolith polysaccharide production by phosphate availability in the coccolithophorid emiliania huxleyi

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1522-1531

  Kayano, Keisuke ^a   Shiraiwa, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acid polysaccharide; Calcification; Carbon metabolism regulation; Coccolith polysaccharide; Emiliania huxleyi; Phosphate deficiency

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BONE MINERALIZATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PHOSPHATES; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYSACCHARIDES;

EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 68949150960     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcp097     Document Type: Article

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