Sulfur utilization of corals is enhanced by endosymbiotic algae

Biology Open

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1299-1304

  Yuyama, Ikuko ^a,b   Higuchi, Tomihiko ^b,c   Takei, Yoshio ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acropora; Coral; Endosymbiosis; Skeletogenesis; Sulfate ion; Symbiodinium

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN POLYSULFATE; SULFATE; SULFUR; SULFUR 35; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

ALGA; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; ENDOSYMBIONT; JUVENILE; METABOLISM; NEMATOCYST; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SULFATE UTILIZATION; SYMBIODINIUM; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84990866313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20466390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/bio.020164     Document Type: Article

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