Enhancement of carotenoids biosynthesis in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii by nuclear transformation using a phytoene synthase gene isolated from Chlorella zofingiensis

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 341-351

  Cordero, Baldo F ^a   Couso, Inmaculada ^a   León, Rosa ^b   Rodríguez, Herminia ^a   Vargas, M Ángeles ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Chlorella zofingiensis; Phytoene synthase; Transgenic microalgae

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOIDS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLORELLA ZOFINGIENSIS; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; TRANSGENICS;

ALGAE; AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROORGANISMS;

GENES;

CAROTENOID; GERANYLGERANYL PYROPHOSPHATE; MESSENGER RNA; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; VIOLAXANTHIN; XANTHOPHYLL;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; CAROTENOID; CELL ORGANELLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONDENSATION; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROALGA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRANSFORMATION;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLORELLA; CHLORELLA ZOFINGIENSIS; CHLOROPHYCEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ISOLATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERIZATION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CAROTENOIDS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLORELLA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

'CHLORELLA' ZOFINGIENSIS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 79960732207     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3262-y     Document Type: Article

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