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Physiological and molecular evidence that environmental changes elicit morphological interconversion in the model diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum.
Protist - 1 Jul 2011
De Martino Alessandra, Bartual Ana, Willis Anusuya, Meichenin Agnes, Villazán Beatriz, Maheswari Uma, Bowler Chris
Abstract excerpt
Over the last decades Phaeodactylum tricornutum has become a model to study diatom biology at the molecular level. Cells have the peculiarity to be pleiomorphic and it is thought that this character is triggered by culture conditions, although few quantitative studies have been performed and nothing is known at the molecular level. Our aim was to quantify the effect of growth conditions on cell morphology of...
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