OUROBOROS is a master regulator of the gametophyte to sporophyte life cycle transition in the brown alga Ectocarpus

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 28, 2011, Pages 11518-11523

  Coelho, Susana M ^a,b   Godfroy, Olivier ^a,b   Arun, Alok ^a,b   Corguillé, Gildas Le ^c   Peters, Akira F ^d   Cock, J Mark ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^d Bezhin Rosko ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Brown algae; Development; Phaeophyceae; Stramenopiles

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BROWN ALGA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOCARPUS SILICULOSUS; GAMETOPHYTE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MARKER GENE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OUROBOROS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPOROPHYTE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DIPLOIDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS, PLANT; HAPLOIDY; HOMOZYGOTE; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHAEOPHYTA; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

ECTOCARPUS; ECTOCARPUS SILICULOSUS; PHAEOPHYCEAE; STRAMENOPILES;

EID: 79960972542     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1102274108     Document Type: Article

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