Micro-algae come of age as a platform for recombinant protein production

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1373-1383

  Specht, Elizabeth ^a   Miyake Stoner, Shigeki ^a   Mayfield, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas; Micro algae; Recombinant protein expression; Therapeutic protein production

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MACHINES; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; GENETIC TOOLS; MICRO-ALGAE; MICROALGA; MOLECULAR LEVELS; PLASTID GENOMES; PROTEIN PRODUCTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN PRODUCTIONS; RESEARCH GROUPS; THERAPEUTIC PROTEIN;

ALGAE; DRILLING PLATFORMS; GENE EXPRESSION; MAMMALS; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES; PRODUCTION PLATFORMS;

PROTEINS;

RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLASTID; REVIEW;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; GENE EXPRESSION; PLASTIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77956747852     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-010-0326-5     Document Type: Review

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