Comparative genomic and transcriptomic characterization of the toxigenic marine dinoflagellate Alexandrium ostenfeldii

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Jaeckisch, Nina ^a   Yang, Ines ^b   Wohlrab, Sylke ^a   Glöckner, Gernot ^c,d   Kroymann, Juergen ^e   Vogel, Heiko ^f   Cembella, Allan ^a   John, Uwe ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c Berlin Center for Genomics in Biodiversity Research   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; SPIROLIDE; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ALEXANDRIUM OSTENFELDII; ALGAL BLOOM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CODON USAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINOFLAGELLATE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE CONTROL; GENE DOSAGE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME SIZE; GENOMICS; HEALTH HAZARD; MARINE SPECIES; MRNA TRANSPOSITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE, METABOLISM AND FUNCTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPLICED LEADER; STOP CODON; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; TRANS SPLICING; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTIG MAPPING; DNA SEQUENCE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; CODON, TERMINATOR; CONTIG MAPPING; DINOFLAGELLIDA; DNA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE LIBRARY; GENOME; GENOMICS; HISTONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 82555170567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028012     Document Type: Article

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