Diatom signalling: deadly messages.
How are populations of phytoplankton in the oceans regulated? Recent studies are revealing the presence of complex cell-cell and intracellular signalling mechanisms that can lead to growth regulation and even programmed cell death in response to abiotic stress and biotic interactions.
Brownlee
Colin
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Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth PL1 2PB, UK. cbr@MBA.ac.uk <cbr@MBA.ac.uk>
D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology*; D020013:Calcium Signaling; D002450:Cell Communication; D017377:Diatoms / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D010839:Phytoplankton / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology
D009569:Nitric Oxide; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins