De novo sequencing and analysis of the Ulva linza transcriptome to discover putative mechanisms associated with its successful colonization of coastal ecosystems

BMC Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Xiaowen ^a   Ye, Naihao ^a   Liang, Chengwei ^b   Mou, Shanli ^a   Fan, Xiao ^a   Xu, Jianfang ^a,c   Xu, Dong ^a   Zhuang, Zhimeng ^a  

^a YELLOW SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBATE PEROXIDASE; CATALASE; CYTOCHROME P450; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SULFUR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSCRIPTOME; CARRIER PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALLELOPATHY; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE NUMBER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GREEN ALGA; LHCSR GENE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; PLANT NUTRIENT; PLANT STRESS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSBS GENE; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; ULVA LINZA; BAY; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT GENOME; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SALINITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULVA;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; ULVA; ULVA LINZA; ULVACEAE; ULVALES;

ASCORBATE PEROXIDASES; BAYS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATALASE; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARIES; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME, PLANT; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; PLANT PROTEINS; SALINITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSCRIPTOME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; ULVA;

EID: 84867745273     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-565     Document Type: Article

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