Transient expression of lacZ in bombarded unicellular green alga Haematococcus pluvialis

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 497-500

  Teng, Changying ^a   Qin, Song ^b   Liu, Jianguo ^b   Yu, Daozhan ^b   Liang, Chengwei ^b   Tseng, Chengkui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Green alga; Haematococcus pluvialis; LacZ; Micro particle bombardment; SV40 promoter

Indexed keywords

GREEN ALGA;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; HAEMATOCOCCUS PLUVIALIS; PLUVIALIS;

EID: 0036926525     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022314815045     Document Type: Article

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