Stable nuclear transformation of Eudorina elegans

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Lerche, Kai ^a   Hallmann, Armin ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Co transformation; Gaussia princeps luciferase gene; Genetic engineering; Green algae; Heterologous expression; Reporter genes; Selectable markers; Streptomyces rimosus aphVIII gene; Volvocaceae; Volvocine algae

Indexed keywords

COTRANSFORMATION; GREEN ALGA; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; LUCIFERASE GENES; REPORTER GENE; SELECTABLE MARKERS; STREPTOMYCES RIMOSUS; VOLVOCACEAE;

ALGAE; BACTERIA; BIOLOGY; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MARINE ENGINEERING;

TRANSCRIPTION;

LUCIFERASE; PAROMOMYCIN;

ALGA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CODON; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUDORINA ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; STREPTOMYCES RIMOSUS; VOLVOX CARTERI; WILD TYPE;

CELL NUCLEUS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; KANAMYCIN KINASE; LUCIFERASES; PAROMOMYCIN; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; STREPTOMYCES; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VOLVOX;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; COPEPODA; EUDORINA; EUDORINA ELEGANS; GAUSSIA PRINCEPS (T. SCOTT, 1894); STREPTOMYCES RIMOSUS; VOLVOCACEAE; VOLVOX CARTERI;

EID: 84873700192     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-13-11     Document Type: Article

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