The response of Nannochloropsis gaditana to nitrogen starvation includes de novo biosynthesis of triacylglycerols, a decrease of chloroplast galactolipids, and reorganization of the photosynthetic apparatus

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 665-676

  Simionato, Diana ^a   Block, Maryse A ^b,c,d,e   La Rocca, Nicoletta ^a   Jouhet, Juliette ^b,c,d,e   Maréchal, Eric ^b,c,d,e   Finazzi, Giovanni ^b,c,d,e   Morosinotto, Tomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire Vegetale Grenoble   (France)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

^e CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANNOCHLOROPSIS; NANNOCHLOROPSIS GADITANA;

EID: 84876887005     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00363-12     Document Type: Article

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