Genetic transformation of the model green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 847, Issue , 2012, Pages 35-47

  Neupert, Juliane ^a   Shao, Ning ^a   Lu, Yinghong ^a   Bock, Ralph ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autolysin; Biolistic transformation; Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Expression strain; Green alga; Luciferase activity assay; Particle gun; Reporter gene; Selectable marker gene; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; GENE TRANSFER; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VECTORS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 84863350333     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-558-9_4     Document Type: Article

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