Generation of Chlamydomonas strains that efficiently express nuclear transgenes

Plant Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1140-1150

  Neupert, Juliane ^a   Karcher, Daniel ^a   Bock, Ralph ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Epigenetics; Mutagenesis; Reporter gene; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ALGAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; DNA, ALGAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII;

EID: 62149107922     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03746.x     Document Type: Article

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