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Colleen A. Durkin

Researcher at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories

Publications -  31
Citations -  2848

Colleen A. Durkin is an academic researcher from Moss Landing Marine Laboratories. The author has contributed to research in topics: Diatom & Phytoplankton. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 26 publications receiving 2456 citations. Previous affiliations of Colleen A. Durkin include Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute & University of Washington.

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The Phaeodactylum genome reveals the evolutionary history of diatom genomes

Chris Bowler, +78 more
- 13 Nov 2008 - 
TL;DR: Analysis of molecular divergence compared with yeasts and metazoans reveals rapid rates of gene diversification in diatoms, and documents the presence of hundreds of genes from bacteria, likely to provide novel possibilities for metabolite management and for perception of environmental signals.
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Comparative metatranscriptomics identifies molecular bases for the physiological responses of phytoplankton to varying iron availability

TL;DR: Oceanic diatoms appear to display a distinctive transcriptional response to iron enrichment that allows chemical reduction of available nitrogen and carbon sources along with a continued dependence on iron-free photosynthetic proteins rather than substituting for iron-containing functional equivalents present within their gene repertoire.
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Whole-genome expression profiling of the marine diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana identifies genes involved in silicon bioprocesses.

TL;DR: In conclusion, genome-wide transcriptome analyses of the marine diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana provide insights into the transcriptional and translational basis for the biological generation of elaborate silicon nanostructures by these ecologically important microbes.
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Chitin in diatoms and its association with the cell wall

TL;DR: The ability to produce chitin is more widespread and likely plays a more central role in diatom biology than previously considered, and protein domain predictions and differential gene expression patterns provide evidence that chit in synthases have multiple functions within a diatom cell.
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Transcriptional responses of three model diatoms to nitrate limitation of growth

TL;DR: Overall transcriptional patterns suggested that all three diatoms displayed a common physiological response to nitrate limitation that consisted of a general reduction in carbon fixation and carbohydrate and fatty acid metabolism and an increase in nitrogen recycling.