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Evolutionary Origins and Functions of the Carotenoid Biosynthetic Pathway in Marine Diatoms

Carotenoids are produced by all photosynthetic organisms, where they play essential roles in light harvesting and photoprotection. The carotenoid biosynthetic pathway of diatoms is largely unstudied, but is of particular interest because these organisms have a very different evolutionary history wit...

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Autores principales: Coesel, Sacha, Oborník, Miroslav, Varela, Joao, Falciatore, Angela, Bowler, Chris
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2483416/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18682837
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002896