Transgenic microalgae as green cell-factories

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-52

  León Bañares, Rosa ^a   González Ballester, David ^b   Galván, Aurora ^b   Fernández, Emilio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLS; DRUG PRODUCTS; GENES; METABOLITES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROTEINS;

GREEN CELL FACTORIES; NUCLEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; PLANT MODEL SYSTEMS;

ALGAE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; MICROALGA;

ALGA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; DNA MODIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; METABOLITE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII;

EID: 18144432454     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2003.11.003     Document Type: Review

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