Non-cell autonomous regulation of life cycle transitions in the model brown alga Ectocarpus

New Phytologist

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 503-510

  Arun, Alok ^a,b   Peters, Nick T ^a,b,c   Scornet, Delphine ^a   Peters, Akira F ^a,b,d   Mark Cock, J ^a,b   Coelho, Susana M ^a,b  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d Bezhin Rosko   (France)

Author keywords

Brown algae; Development; Ectocarpus siliculosus; Gametophyte; Life cycle; Reprogramming; Sporophyte

Indexed keywords

BENZENESULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; C.I. FLUORESCENT BRIGHTENING AGENT 28;

ADAPTATION; BROWN ALGA; CELL ORGANELLE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENERATION TIME; LIFE CYCLE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POLYPLOIDY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BROWN ALGA; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FLOWER; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PROTOPLAST; REGENERATION;

BENZENESULFONATES; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; GENETIC LOCI; GERM CELLS, PLANT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHAEOPHYTA; PROTOPLASTS; REGENERATION;

ALGAE; ECTOCARPUS; ECTOCARPUS SILICULOSUS; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84871267504     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12007     Document Type: Article

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