Osmoadaptative strategy and its molecular signature in obligately halophilic heterotrophic protists

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 2241-2258

  Harding, Tommy ^a   Brown, Matthew W ^b   Simpson, Alastair G B ^c   Roger, Andrew J ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ectoine; Extremophile; Hypersaline; Osmoregulation; Salt in; Salt out

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; SALT TOLERANCE;

GENOME, PROTOZOAN; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SALT-TOLERANCE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 85015647587     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evw152     Document Type: Article

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