Highly dynamic cellular-level response of symbiotic coral to a sudden increase in environmental nitrogen

mBio

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Kopp, C ^a   Pernice, M ^b   Domart Coulon, I ^a   Djediat, C ^a   Spangenberg, J E ^c   Alexander, D T L ^b   Hignette, M ^d   Meziane, T ^a   Meibom, A ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d Etablissement Public du Palais de la Porte Dorée   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ASPARTIC ACID; NITRATE; NITROGEN; URIC ACID; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE;

AMMONIUM ASSIMILATION; ARTICLE; ASPARTIC ACID ASSIMILATION; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; GOLGI COMPLEX; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; METABOLIC REGULATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NITRATE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; POCILLOPORA DAMICORNIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIOSIS; ALVEOLATA; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMISTRY; ISOTOPE LABELING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; POCILLOPORA DAMICORNIS; SCLERACTINIA; SYMBIODINIUM;

ALVEOLATA; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ISOTOPE LABELING; NITROGEN; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; ORGANELLES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, SECONDARY ION; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84879563847     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00052-13     Document Type: Article

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