Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of a Toxin-Producing Dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella and Its Non-Toxic Mutant

Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of a Toxin-Producing Dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella and Its Non-Toxic Mutant

The dinoflagellates and cyanobacteria are two major kingdoms of life producing paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs), a large group of neurotoxic alkaloids causing paralytic shellfish poisonings around the world. In contrast to the well elucidated PST biosynthetic genes in cyanobacteria, little is known...

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Main Authors: Yong Zhang, Shu-Fei Zhang, Lin Lin, Da-Zhi Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-11-01
Series:Marine Drugs
Subjects:
marine dinoflagellates
Alexandrium catenella
paralytic shellfish toxins
mutant
toxin biosynthesis
transcriptome
RNA-seq
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/12/11/5698

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