Evolution and metabolic significance of the urea cycle in photosynthetic diatoms

Nature

Volumn 473, Issue 7346, 2011, Pages 203-207

  Allen, Andrew E ^a,b   Dupont, Christopher L ^a   Oborník, Miroslav ^c   Horák, Aleš ^c   Nunes Nesi, Adriano ^d,e   McCrow, John P ^a   Zheng, Hong ^a   Johnson, Daniel A ^a   Hu, Hanhua ^b,f   Fernie, Alisdair R ^d   Bowler, Chris ^b  

^a J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^f INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; CARBON; GENE PRODUCT; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; NITROGEN; ORNITHINE; POLYAMINE; PROLINE; RNA; SILICON DIOXIDE; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID; UREA;

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACID; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIATOM; ENDOSYMBIONT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD WEB; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GREEN ALGA; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; METAZOAN; MITOCHONDRION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLASTID; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SILICA; UREA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; CARBON FIXATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; DIATOM; EXOSYMBIONT; GREEN ALGA; METABOLITE; METABOLOMICS; METAZOON; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; ORNITHINE UREA CYCLE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; SYMBIONT; UREA CYCLE;

CARBAMOYL-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE (AMMONIA); DIATOMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; NITRATES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; RNA INTERFERENCE; UREA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHYTA; METAZOA;

EID: 79955910093     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10074     Document Type: Article

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