The colorful mantle of the giant clam Tridacna squamosa expresses a homolog of electrogenic sodium: Bicarbonate cotransporter 2 that mediates the supply of inorganic carbon to photosynthesizing symbionts

Mel V. Boo; Shit F. Chew; Yuen K. Ip

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0258519

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The colorful mantle of the giant clam Tridacna squamosa expresses a homolog of electrogenic sodium: Bicarbonate cotransporter 2 that mediates the supply of inorganic carbon to photosynthesizing symbionts

Mel V. Boo,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
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Shit F. Chew,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Natural Sciences and Science Education, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
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Yuen K. Ip

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: dbsipyk@nus.edu.sg

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Republic of Singapore

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9124-7911

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The colorful mantle of the giant clam Tridacna squamosa expresses a homolog of electrogenic sodium: Bicarbonate cotransporter 2 that mediates the supply of inorganic carbon to photosynthesizing symbionts

Mel V. Boo,
Shit F. Chew,
Yuen K. Ip

Published: October 15, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258519

About the Authors

Mel V. Boo

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Republic of Singapore

Shit F. Chew

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Natural Sciences and Science Education, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Republic of Singapore

Yuen K. Ip

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: dbsipyk@nus.edu.sg

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Republic of Singapore

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9124-7911

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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