Marker-free genetic engineering of the chloroplast in the green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 818-828

  Chen, Hsu Ching ^a   Melis, Anastasios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ADH1; Ethanol; Gene targeting; Metabolic engineering; Site specific integration; Transformation

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ALCOHOL;

ADH1; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLAST; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SITE-SPECIFIC INTEGRATION; TRANSFORMATION;

ADH1; ETHANOL; GENE TARGETING; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; SITE-SPECIFIC INTEGRATION; TRANSFORMATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLASTS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84882602798     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12073     Document Type: Article

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