Research note: High efficiency transformation of the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum with a promoter from the diatom Cylindrotheca fusiformis

Phycological Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 142-146

  Miyagawa, Arisa ^a   Okami, Takuma ^b   Kira, Nozomu ^b   Yamaguchi, Haruo ^b   Ohnishi, Kouhei ^b   Adachi, Masao ^b  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diatom; Phaeodactylum tricornutum; Promoter; Transformation

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOMICS; PLASMID; TRANSFORMATION;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYLINDROTHECA FUSIFORMIS; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM;

EID: 66149134086     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: 14401835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2009.00531.x     Document Type: Review

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