Transcriptomic analysis of metabolic function in the giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, across depth and season

New Phytologist

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 398-407

  Konotchick, Talina ^a   Dupont, Christopher L ^a   Valas, Ruben E ^a   Badger, Jonathan H ^a   Allen, Andrew E ^a  

^a J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Light harvesting complex; Macrocystis pyrifera (giant kelp); Phaeophyceae; Quantitative PCR; RNA Seq; Transcriptomics; Water column gradients

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

BROWN ALGA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMICS; MARKOV CHAIN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEA SURFACE; WATER DEPTH;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; LIGHT; MACROCYSTIS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEA; SEASON; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LIBRARY; LIGHT; MACROCYSTIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; OCEANS AND SEAS; OPEN READING FRAMES; RNA, MESSENGER; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TEMPERATURE;

ALGAE; ECTOCARPUS SILICULOSUS; LAMINARIA; LAMINARIA DIGITATA; MACROCYSTIS; MACROCYSTIS PYRIFERA; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84875519415     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12160     Document Type: Article

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