The Ectocarpus genome sequence: Insights into brown algal biology and the evolutionary diversity of the eukaryotes

New Phytologist

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-4

  Cock, J Mark ^a   Coelho, Susana M ^b   Brownlee, Colin ^c   Taylor, Alison R ^d  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^c THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown algal biology; Ecology; Ectocarpus; Evolutionary diversity; Genome biology; Multicellularity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BROWN ALGA; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL WALL; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOME; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL WALL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHAEOPHYTA;

ALGAE; ECTOCARPUS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 77956286563     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03454.x     Document Type: Note

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