Improved heterologous protein expression in the chloroplast of chlamydomonas reinhardtii through promoter and 5' untranslated region optimization

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 674-683

  Rasala, Beth A ^a   Muto, Machiko ^a   Sullivan, Joseph ^a   Mayfield, Stephen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Algal biotechnology; Chlamydomonas; Protein therapeutics; Recombinant protein expression; Transgenic chloroplast

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; PHOTOSYSTEM II, PSBA SUBUNIT; RNA 16S;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INJURY; METABOLISM; MICROALGA; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLASTS; FIBRONECTINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; MICROALGAE; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; TRANSGENES;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII;

EID: 79959986381     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2011.00620.x     Document Type: Article

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