Transcriptome profiling of a toxic dinoflagellate reveals a gene-rich protist and a potential impact on gene expression due to bacterial presence

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Moustafa, Ahmed ^a   Evans, Andrew N ^b   Kulis, David M ^c   Hackett, Jeremiah D ^d   Erdner, Deana L ^b   Anderson, Donald M ^c   Bhattacharya, Debashish ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; NITROGEN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLIMATE; DINOFLAGELLATE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EUKARYOTE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; SEA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALEXANDRIUM; ALEXANDRIUM TAMARENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; PROTISTA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DINOFLAGELLIDA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 77950397835     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009688     Document Type: Article

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