Stable transformation of Chlorella: Rescue of nitrate reductase- deficient mutants with the nitrate reductase gene

Current Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 356-362

  Dawson, Hana N ^a,b   Burlingame, Richard ^a,c   Cannons, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Medical Center   (United States)

^c Bio Technical Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CHLORELLA; CHLORELLA SOROKINIANA; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

CHLORELLA;

EID: 0030844087     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900268     Document Type: Article

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