Effective transformation of the cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis using electroporation

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 209-214

  Toyomizu, Masaaki ^a   Suzuki, Kazuaki ^a   Kawata, Yoshikazu ^b   Kojima, Hiroyuki ^a   Akiba, Yukio ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arthrospira platensis; Blue green alga; Cyanobacterium; Electroporation; Feed enzyme; Poultry; Spirulina; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ALGAL PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROPORATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TIME CONSTANT;

CYANOBACTERIUM;

ALGAE; ARTHROSPIRA; ARTHROSPIRA PLATENSIS; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; FELIS CATUS; SPIRULINA; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

EID: 0034858788     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011182613761     Document Type: Article

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