De novo transcriptomic analysis of an oleaginous microalga: Pathway description and gene discovery for production of next-generation biofuels

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Wan, LingLin ^a   Han, Juan ^a   Sang, Min ^a   Li, AiFen ^a   Wu, Hong ^b   Yin, ShunJi ^b   Zhang, ChengWu ^a  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b State Key Laboratory of Coal Based Low Carbon Energy   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME; ALGAL PROTEIN; BIOFUEL; CAROTENOID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUSTIGMATOS POLYPHEM; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOME SIZE; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENOME; PLANT METABOLISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; GENETICS; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; STRAMENOPILE;

ALGAL PROTEINS; BIOFUELS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CAROTENOIDS; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MICROALGAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STRAMENOPILES; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84860005565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035142     Document Type: Article

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