Whole Transcriptome Analysis of the Silicon Response of the Diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana

ABSTRACT: Diatom cell walls, made of nanostructured silica, are of interest in diverse areas ranging from cellular structure, to hierarchical organization in biomineralization, to nanotechnology. Thus far, only cell surface proteins and proteins tightly associated with silica matrix have been characterized, and essential components of the silica deposition vesicle (SDV) are unknown, including components of the SDV membrane, cytoskeletal-interacting proteins, and proteins involved in trafficking associated with the SDV. Thus, an understanding of most of the molecular components and the dynamics of cellular processes involved in cell wall synthesis is lacking. In this work we report the first whole-cell response analysis using whole genome microarrays to identify genes potentially involved in divers

ORGANISM(S): Thalassiosira pseudonana CCMP1335

SUBMITTER: Ravi Sanka 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-37081 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress