Defensome against toxic diatom aldehydes in the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus.

Many diatom species produce polyunsaturated aldehydes, such as decadienal, which compromise embryonic and larval development in benthic organisms. Here newly fertilized Paracentrotus lividus sea urchins were exposed to low concentration of decadienal and the expression levels of sixteen genes, impli...

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Main Authors: Vincenzo Marrone, Marina Piscopo, Giovanna Romano, Adrianna Ianora, Anna Palumbo, Maria Costantini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3282763?pdf=render