The response of diatom central carbon metabolism to nitrogen starvation is different from that of green algae and higher plants

Plant Physiology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 299-312

  Hockin, Nicola Louise ^a,b   Mock, Thomas ^a   Mulholland, Francis ^c   Kopriva, Stanislav ^b   Malin, Gill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; NITZSCHIA ALBA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROCHLOROCOCCUS MARINUS; THALASSIOSIRA PSEUDONANA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84855296494     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.184333     Document Type: Article

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