Expression of a foreign gene in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii chloroplast

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 307-314

  Ishikura, Kiyohide ^a   Takaoka, Yasuko ^a   Kato, Ko ^a   Sekine, Masami ^a   Yoshida, Kazuya ^a   Shinmyo, Atsuhiko ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Chloroplast; Expression; Promoter; Transformation; glucuronidase

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLAST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION;

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032900295     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1723(99)80037-1     Document Type: Article

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