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Of these clusters, 72% combined the forward-and reverse reads of at least one bacterial clone. This sequence resource was then used to construct an oligonucleotide microarray. We analysed the expression of all clusters in three different strains. While the cyanobacterial PSP toxin genes were not found among the <jats:italic>A. minutum</jats:italic> sequences, 192 genes were differentially expressed between toxic and non-toxic strains.</jats:p>\n          </jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Based on this study and on the lack of identified PSP synthesis genes in the two existent <jats:italic>Alexandrium tamarense</jats:italic> EST libraries, we propose that the PSP toxin genes in dinoflagellates might be more different from their cyanobacterial counterparts than would be expected in the case of a recent gene transfer. As a starting point to identify possible PSP toxin-associated genes in dinoflagellates without relying on <jats:italic>a priori</jats:italic> sequence information, the sequences only present in mRNA pools of the toxic strain can be seen as putative candidates involved in toxin synthesis and regulation, or acclimation to intracellular PSP toxins.</jats:p>\n          </jats:sec>","journal":"BMC 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