Genetic manipulation, a feasible tool to enhance unique characteristic of Chlorella vulgaris as a feedstock for biodiesel production

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 4421-4428

  Talebi, Ahmad Farhad ^a,b   Tohidfar, Masoud ^b   Tabatabaei, Meisam ^b   Bagheri, Abdolreza ^a   Mohsenpor, Motahhareh ^b   Mohtashami, Seyed Kaveh ^b  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^b AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF IRAN ABRII   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Biolistic; GUS; Microalgae; pBI 121

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; BIODIESEL; GENOMIC DNA; KANAMYCIN; BIOFUEL;

ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHLORELLA EMERSONII; CHLORELLA PROTOTHECOIDES; CHLORELLA SALINA; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA INTEGRATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CASSETTE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; LIPOGENESIS; MARKER GENE; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VOLUMETRY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CHLOROPHYTA;

BIOFUELS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCURONIDASE; KANAMYCIN; LIPID METABOLISM; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84879353643     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-013-2532-4     Document Type: Article

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