Comparison of two total RNA extraction protocols using the marine gorgonian coral Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae and its symbiont Symbiodinium sp
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Financial support: This work was funded by the American Cancer Society RSG-97-170-04-CDD, Florida Sea Grant R/LR-MB-14, and the National Science Foundation grant 0119011. L. Ranzer was partially funded by the Florida Atlantic University Delores A. Auzenne Fellowship. This material is based upon worked supported by the National Science Foundation under a grant awarded in 2003 to L.Z. Santiago-Vázquez (award #0310283).
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