Genetic engineering of fatty acid chain length in Phaeodactylum tricornutum

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-95

  Radakovits, Randor ^a   Eduafo, Patrick M ^a   Posewitz, Matthew C ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Biofuel; Genetic engineering; Lauric acid; Phaeodactylum tricornutum; Thioesterase

Indexed keywords

ACYL-ACP; BACTERIAL SYSTEMS; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; COLD FLOW PROPERTIES; FATTY ACID CHAINS; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; LAURIC ACID; MICRO-ALGAE; MICROALGA; MYRISTIC ACID; OVER-EXPRESSION; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM; SHORTER CHAINS; THIOESTERASES; TRANSCRIPT LEVEL; TRANSGENE; TRIACYLGLYCEROLS;

ALGAE; BIOFUELS; CHAIN LENGTH; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLYCEROL;

FATTY ACIDS;

DIGALACTOSYLDIGLYCERIDE; FATTY ACID; GALACTOSYLDIACYLGLYCEROL; LAURIC ACID; MYRISTIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; SULFOQUINOVOSYLDIGLYCERIDE; THIOL ESTER HYDROLASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICROALGA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENE;

DIATOMS; FATTY ACIDS; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM;

EID: 78650557603     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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