Cellulose degradation and assimilation by the unicellular phototrophic eukaryote Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Blifernez Klassen, Olga ^a   Klassen, Viktor ^a   Doebbe, Anja ^a   Kersting, Klaudia ^a   Grimm, Philipp ^a   Wobbe, Lutz ^a   Kruse, Olaf ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLOBIOSE; CELLULOSE;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLULOSE; EUKARYOTE; MICROALGA; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; POLYMER; SECRETION; SOIL ECOSYSTEM;

ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN;

CELLOBIOSE; CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CONGO RED; ENDOCYTOSIS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HYDROLYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; RNA, MESSENGER;

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84870841026     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2210     Document Type: Article

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