Hydrogen fuel production by transgenic microalgae

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 616, Issue , 2007, Pages 110-121

  Melis, Anastasios ^a   Seibert, Michael ^b   Ghirardi, Maria L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; OXYGEN; PROTEIN; STARCH; SULFATE; SULFUR;

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLAST; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GREEN ALGA; MICROALGA; MUTAGENESIS; NITROGEN UTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM I; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; ANIMAL; BIOENERGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA;

ANIMALS; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; OXYGEN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 38549093143     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-75532-8_10     Document Type: Review

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