Gene expression in proliferating cells of the dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella (Dinophyceae).

ABSTRACT: Understanding the conditions leading to harmful algal blooms, especially those produced by toxic dinoflagellate species, is important for environmental and health safety. In addition to investigations into the environmental conditions necessary for the formation of toxic blooms, we postulate that investigating gene expression in proliferating cells is essential for understanding bloom dynamics. Expressed sequence tags were produced from cultured cells of the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella sampled during the initiation phase of growth using Sanger's method and by 454 pyrosequencing. A significant proportion of identified genes (ca. 25%) represented enzymes and proteins that participate in a variety of cellular regulatory mechanisms that may characterize proliferating cells, e.g.

SUBMITTER: Toulza E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2897438 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature