Establishment of a micro-particle bombardment transformation system for Dunaliella salina

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 361-365

  Tan, Congping ^a,b   Qin, Song ^a   Zhang, Qun ^a,b   Jiang, Peng ^a   Zhao, Fangqing ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

bar; Dunaliella salina; GUS; Micro particle bombardment

Indexed keywords

AMINOBUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; PHOSPHINOTHRICIN; PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ALGAE, GREEN; AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOLISTICS; BIOREACTORS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

CHLOROPHYTA; DUNALIELLA SALINA;

EID: 24944574752     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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