Evaluating nuclear transgene expression systems in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Algal Research

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 321-332

  Kumar, Anil ^a,b   Falcao, Vanessa R ^a   Sayre, Richard T ^a,c  

^a DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Butyrylcholinesterase; Chlamydomonas; Luciferase; PsaD; Transformation efficiency; Transgene expression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888262073     PISSN: 22119264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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