Central carbon metabolism and electron transport in chlamydomonas reinhardtii: Metabolic constraints for carbon partitioning between oil and starch

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 776-793

  Johnson, Xenie ^a,b,c,d   Alric, Jean ^a,c,e  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b IRFM   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e National de la Recherche Scientifique Université Pierre et Marie Curie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARBON; LIPID; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; STARCH; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLAST; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLYCOLYSIS; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARBON; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLASTS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLYCOLYSIS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MITOCHONDRIA; NADP; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT OILS; STARCH;

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII;

EID: 84878390747     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00318-12     Document Type: Article

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