Agrigenomics for microalgal biofuel production: An overview of various bioinformatics resources and recent studies to link omics to bioenergy and bioeconomy

OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 537-549

  Misra, Namrata ^a   Panda, Prasanna Kumar ^a   Parida, Bikram Kumar ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF MINERALS AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; BIOFUEL; CARBOXYLTRANSFERASE; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCEROPHOSPHATE; LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID; PETROLEUM; PHOSPHATIDATE PHOSPHATASE; THIOL ESTER HYDROLASE;

BIGELOWIELLA; BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BOTRYOCOCCUS BRAUNII; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CHONDRUS; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOPHORA; DATA BASE; DINOFLAGELLATE; DUNALIELLA SALINA; ESTERIFICATION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLAUCOPHYTA; GRACILARIA; GREEN ALGA; HAPTOPHYTA; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOGENESIS; MICROALGA; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MICROMONAS PUSILLA; NANNOCHLOROPSIS GADITANA; NITROGEN FIXATION; OSTREOCOCCUS; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM; PORPHYRA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED ALGA; RENEWABLE ENERGY; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAMENOPILE; THALASSIOSIRA PSEUDONANA; VOLVOX;

ALGAL PROTEINS; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DATABASES, GENETIC; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; INTERNET; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MICROALGAE;

EID: 84887105454     PISSN: 15362310     EISSN: 15578100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/omi.2013.0025     Document Type: Review

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