Whole-cell response to nitrogen deprivation in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 6281-6296

  Alipanah, Leila ^a   Rohloff, Jens ^a   Winge, Per ^a   Bones, Atle M ^a   Brembu, Tore ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carbon metabolism; Diatom; Metabolomics; Nitrogen deprivation; Phaeodactylum tricornutum; Transcriptome; Triacylglycerol

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

DEFICIENCY; DIATOM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM;

DIATOMS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; LIPID METABOLISM; NITROGEN; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84949024464     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv340     Document Type: Article

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