Uncovering the genetic basis for early isogamete differentiation: A case study of Ectocarpus siliculosus

BMC Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lipinska, Agnieszka P ^a   D'hondt, Sofie ^a   Van Damme, Els J M ^a   De Clerck, Olivier ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brown alga; Ectocarpus; Gamete; Isogamy; Sexual reproduction; Signaling; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BROWN ALGA; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL MOTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOCARPUS SILICULOSUS; FEMALE; GAMETE; GAMETE DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HETEROGAMY; ION TRANSPORT; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; RNA PROCESSING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ALGAE; ECTOCARPUS; ECTOCARPUS SILICULOSUS; EUKARYOTA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; PROTISTA;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE LIBRARY; GERM CELLS; PHAEOPHYTA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84890526104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-909     Document Type: Article

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