Enhanced expression of antifreeze protein genes drives the development of freeze tolerance in an Antarctica isolate of Chlorella vulgaris

Progress in Natural Science

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1059-1062

  Li, Huiying ^a   Liu, Xiaoxiang ^a   Wang, Yali ^a   Hu, Hanhua ^a   Xu, Xudong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Antarctica isolate; Chlorella vulgaris; Freeze tolerance; Gene expression; Temperate isolate

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CLONING; DNA SEQUENCES; GENE ENCODING; PROTEINS; RNA;

ANTARCTICA; ANTARCTICA ISOLATE; ANTIFREEZE PROTEIN GENE; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; ENCODINGS; FREEZE TOLERANCE; GENE EXPRESSION LEVELS; GENES EXPRESSION; TEMPERATE ISOLATE; VULGARIS;

TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 70350572918     PISSN: 10020071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnsc.2008.10.012     Document Type: Article

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