High-efficiency homologous recombination in the oil-producing alga Nannochloropsis sp.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 52, 2011, Pages 21265-21269

  Kilian, Oliver ^a   Benemann, Christina S E ^a   Niyogi, Krishna K ^b   Vick, Bertrand ^a  

^a Aurora Algae Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRITE REDUCTASE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALGA; ALGAL GENETICS; ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; NANNOCHLOROPSIS; NONHUMAN; OIL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STRAIN IMPROVEMENT;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFUELS; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPORATION; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; MICROALGAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATE REDUCTASES; NITRITE REDUCTASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STRAMENOPILES; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; NANNOCHLOROPSIS; NANNOCHLOROPSIS SP.;

EID: 84855505372     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1105861108     Document Type: Article

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