Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms for Lipid Synthesis and Accumulation in Microalgae: Biotechnological Implications

Handbook of Microalgal Culture: Applied Phycology and Biotechnology: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 545-565

  Li, Yantao ^b   Han, Danxiang ^a   Yoon, Kangsup ^a   Zhu, Shunni ^a   Sommerfeld, Milton ^a   Hu, Qiang ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

biogenesis; diacylglycerol acyltransferase; glycerol 3 phosphate acyltransferase; Kennedy pathway; lipid bodies; lipid synthesis; microalgae; phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferase; triacylglycerol

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENES; GLYCEROL; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; BIOGENESIS; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASES; KENNEDY PATHWAYS; LIPID BODIES; LIPID SYNTHESIS; MICRO-ALGAE; TRIACYLGLYCEROLS;

MICROORGANISMS;

EID: 84881218285     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118567166.ch28     Document Type: Chapter

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