Application of synthetic biology in cyanobacteria and algae

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue SEP, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Bo ^a,b   Wang, Jiangxin ^a,c   Meldrum, Deirdre R ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Algae; Biofuel; Cyanobacteria; Green chemistry; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873027191     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00344     Document Type: Review

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