Characterization of an ammonium transporter in the oleaginous alga Chlorella protothecoides

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 919-928

  Yan, Dong ^a   Dai, Junbiao ^a   Wu, Qingyu ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonium transporter; Biodiesel; C N metabolism; Microalga Chlorella protothecoide; Oil

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM TRANSPORTER GENES; AMMONIUM TRANSPORTERS; CDNA LIBRARIES; CHLORELLA PROTOTHECOIDES; GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE; LIPID ACCUMULATIONS; LIPID BIOSYNTHESIS; MICROALGA; NITROGEN DEFICIENCY; OIL; QUANTITATIVE REAL TIME PCR; SUPPRESSION SUBTRACTIVE HYBRIDIZATION; SYNTHASES; UP-REGULATION;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODIESEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLONING; GENES; NITROGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

AMMONIA; CARBON; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHLORELLA PROTOTHECOIDES AMMONIUM TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; NITROGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGA; AMMONIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; CARBON; DATABASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HYBRIDIZATION; LIPID; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; CHLORELLA; CHLORELLA PROTOTHECOIDES; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC DATABASE; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOGENESIS; MICROALGA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES CULTIVATION; UPREGULATION;

ALGAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHLORELLA; GLUTAMINE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

ALGAE; AUXENOCHLORELLA PROTOTHECOIDES;

EID: 84873994332     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4534-x     Document Type: Article

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