Enhanced chloroplast transgene expression in a nuclear mutant of Chlamydomonas

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 565-574

  Michelet, Laure ^a,c   Lefebvre Legendre, Linnka ^a   Burr, Sarah E ^b,d   Rochaix, Jean David ^a   Goldschmidt Clermont, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c SERVICE DE CHIMIE BIOORGANIQUE ET DE MARQUAGE   (France)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

Anterograde signalling; Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Chloroplast transformation; Microalgae; Plastid

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLAST; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MUTATION; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII;

EID: 79953725589     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2010.00564.x     Document Type: Article

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