Whole transcriptome analysis of the silicon response of the diatom <it>Thalassiosira pseudonana</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Silicon plays important biological roles, but the mechanisms of cellular responses to silicon are poorly understood. We report the first analysis of cell cycle arrest and recovery from silicon starvation in the diatom <it>Thala...

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Main Authors: Shrestha Roshan, Tesson Benoit, Norden-Krichmar Trina, Federowicz Stephen, Hildebrand Mark, Allen Andrew E
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-09-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/13/499