Inhibition of starch synthesis results in overproduction of lipids in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 258-268

  Li, Yantao ^a   Han, Danxiang ^a   Hu, Guangrong ^a,b   Sommerfeld, Milton ^a   Hu, Qiang ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QINGDAO INSTITUTE OF BIOENERGY AND BIOPROCESS TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biofuel; High light; Lipid; Microalgae; Nitrogen starvation; Starch

Indexed keywords

ADPGLUCOSE PYROPHOSPHORYLASE; CARBON STORAGE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; DRY WEIGHT; ENERGY PARTITIONING; HIGH LIGHT; LIPID BIOSYNTHESIS; MICRO-ALGAE; MICROALGA; NEUTRAL LIPID; NITROGEN STARVATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL CONVERSION; SMALL SUBUNITS; STARCH SYNTHESIS; TOTAL LIPIDS; WILD TYPES; LIPID PRODUCTIONS;

ALGAE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOFUELS; ECOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUCOSE; LIPIDS; MICROORGANISMS; NITROGEN;

STARCH;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; CARBON; GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; LIPID; NITROGEN; STARCH; ALGAL PROTEIN; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; GROWTH DISORDER; LIPOGENESIS; MICROALGA; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PHOSPHORYLATION; STARVATION; WILD TYPE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; LIGHT; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MUTATION; ENERGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII;

ALGAL PROTEINS; BIOMASS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; GLUCOSE-1-PHOSPHATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; LIGHT; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MUTATION; NITROGEN; STARCH;

EID: 77956825813     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.22807     Document Type: Article

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