Evidence for transcription of three genes with characteristics of hydrogenases in the green alga Chlamydomonas noctigama

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1074-1088

  Skjånes, Kari ^a,b   Pinto, Fernando Lopes ^b   Lindblad, Peter ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Algae; Chlamydomonas noctigama; HYDA; Hydrogen; Hydrogenase

Indexed keywords

[FEFE]HYDROGENASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS NOCTIGAMA; DEGENERATE PRIMERS; GENE-SPECIFIC PRIMERS; GREEN ALGA; HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION PROCESS; HYDROGENASES; MONOMERIC ENZYMES; OXYGEN SENSITIVITY; PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN;

ALGAE; AMINO ACIDS; CATALYSTS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENZYMES; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GAS PRODUCERS; GENES; ORGANIC ACIDS; OXYGEN; TRANSCRIPTION;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 74849123424     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.10.091     Document Type: Article

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