Defense evolution in the gracilariaceae (rhodophyta): Substrate-regulated oxidation of agar oligosaccharides is more ancient than the oligoagar-activated oxidative burst

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 958-968

  Weinberger, Florian ^a,b,g   Guillemin, Marie Laure ^c   Destombe, Christophe ^a,d   Valero, Myriam ^a,d   Faugeron, Sylvain ^e   Correa, Juan A ^e   Pohnert, Georg ^f   Pehlke, Constanze ^a,b   Kloareg, Bernard ^a,b   Potin, Philippe ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^e PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^f Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry   (Germany)

^g GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gracilaria; Gracilariopsis; Hydropuntia; Innate immunity; Oxidative burst

Indexed keywords

CHORDA; GRACILARIA; GRACILARIA CHILENSIS; GRACILARIA CONFERTA; GRACILARIA DURA; GRACILARIA GRACILIS; GRACILARIA SP.; GRACILARIA TENUISTIPITATA VAR. LIUI; GRACILARIACEAE; GRACILARIOPSIS; GRACILARIOPSIS LONGISSIMA; HYDROPUNTIA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 77957313970     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2010.00887.x     Document Type: Article

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