Establishment of minimal and maximal transcript levels for nitrate transporter genes for detecting nitrogen deficiency in the marine phytoplankton isochrysis galbana (prymnesiophyceae) and thalassiosira pseudonana(bacillariophyceae)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 864-872

  Kang, Lee Kuo ^a   Hwang, Sheng Ping ^b   Lin, Hsing Juh ^a   Chen, Pei Chung ^c   Chang, Jeng ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Institute of Marine Biology   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; ISOCHRYSIS GALBANA; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM; THALASSIOSIRA PSEUDONANA;

EID: 69849103904     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2009.00698.x     Document Type: Article

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