Comparative transcriptome of wild type and selected strains of the microalgae Tisochrysis lutea provides insights into the genetic basis, lipid metabolism and the life cycle

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Carrier, Gregory ^a   Garnier, Matthieu ^a   Le Cunff, Loïc ^c   Bougaran, Gaël ^a   Probert, Ian ^b   De Vargas, Colomban ^b   Corre, Erwan ^d   Cadoret, Jean Paul ^a   Saint Jean, Bruno ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^c UMT Geno Vigne   (France)

^d STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; INDEL MUTATION; LIFE CYCLE; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID STORAGE; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TISOCHRYSIS LUTEA; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ALGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LIPID METABOLISM; MICROALGAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84900414627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086889     Document Type: Article

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