Genomic transformation of the picoeukaryote Ostreococcus tauri

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 65, 2012, Pages

  van Ooijen, Gerben ^a   Knox, Kirsten ^a   Kis, Katalin ^a   Bouget, François Yves ^b,c   Millar, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Laboratoire d Océanographie Microbienne   (France)

Author keywords

Cell biology; Circadian; Electroporation; Genetics; Issue 65; Marine algae; Marine Biology; Microbial Oceanography; Microbiology; Ostreococcus tauri; Plankton; Plant Biology; Plant Science; Reduced complexity; Transformation

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; ELECTROPORATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; METHODOLOGY; PLANT GENOME;

CHLOROPHYTA; DNA, PLANT; ELECTROPORATION; GENOME, PLANT; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84867626009     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/4074     Document Type: Article

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