The genome of the seagrass Zostera marina reveals angiosperm adaptation to the sea

Nature

Volumn 530, Issue 7590, 2016, Pages 331-335

  Olsen, Jeanine L ^a   Rouzé, Pierre ^b   Verhelst, Bram ^b   Lin, Yao Cheng ^b   Bayer, Till ^b   Collen, Jonas ^c   Dattolo, Emanuela ^d   De Paoli, Emanuele ^e   Dittami, Simon ^f   Maumus, Florian ^d   Michel, Gurvan ^d   Kersting, Anna ^d   Lauritano, Chiara ^g   Lohaus, Rolf ^d   Töpel, Mats ^h,i   Tonon, Thierry ^e   Vanneste, Kevin ^b   Amirebrahimi, Mojgan ^j   Brakel, Janina ^d   Boström, Christoffer ^b   Chovatia, Mansi ^k   Grimwood, Jane ^k,l   Jenkins, Jerry W ^k,m   Jueterbock, Alexander ⁿ   Mraz, Amy ^o   Stam, Wytze T ^a   Tice, Hope ^k   Bornberg Bauer, Erich ^h   Green, Pamela J ^p   Pearson, Gareth A ^q   Procaccini, Gabriele ^e   Duarte, Carlos M ^r   Schmutz, Jeremy ^k,m   Reusch, Thorsten B H ^c,s   Van De Peer, Yves ^b,t   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^g Centre de recherche de Versailles   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

ⁱ HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^k DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^l ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^m HUDSONALPHA INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁿ NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^o Amplicon Express   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^r KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^s UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^t UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ETHYLENE; GALACTAN; ION; OXYGEN; PECTIN; PHYTOCHROME; POLYSACCHARIDE; TERPENOID; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; SEA WATER; TERPENE;

ADAPTATION; ANGIOSPERM; ETHYLENE; GENOMICS; HOMEOSTASIS; MARINA; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; OSMOREGULATION; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SEAGRASS; WARMING;

ADAPTATION; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; ECOSYSTEM; EPIDERMIS CELL; GENOME; GENOMICS; HABITAT; HOMEOSTASIS; LIFESTYLE; MACROALGA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEA; SEAGRASS; SULFATION; SYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WARMING; ZOSTERA MARINA; ACCLIMATIZATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OSMOREGULATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENOME; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STOMA; POLLEN; SALT TOLERANCE; SEAWEED; ZOSTERACEAE;

EMBRYOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CELL WALL; ETHYLENES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCEANS AND SEAS; OSMOREGULATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STOMATA; POLLEN; SALINITY; SALT-TOLERANCE; SEAWATER; SEAWEED; TERPENES; ZOSTERACEAE;

EID: 84949269317     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature16548     Document Type: Article

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