Stable transformation and reverse genetic analysis of Penium margaritaceum: A platform for studies of charophyte green algae, the immediate ancestors of land plants

Plant Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 339-351

  Sørensen, Iben ^a   Fei, Zhangjun ^a,b   Andreas, Amanda ^c   Willats, William G T ^d   Domozych, David S ^c   Rose, Jocelyn K C ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

^c SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cellulose; charophyte; green algae; pectin; Penium margaritaceum; plant cell wall; plant evolution; technical advance

Indexed keywords

CHAROPHYTE; GREEN ALGA; PECTIN; PENIUM MARGARITACEUM; PLANT CELL WALL; PLANT EVOLUTION; TECHNICAL ADVANCES;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELLULOSE; CYTOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

ALGAE;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CHARALES; CHLOROPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; PENIUM; PENIUM MARGARITACEUM; STREPTOPHYTA; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

CARBOXYLESTERASE; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE SYNTHASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PECTIN; PECTINESTERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AGROBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CHAROPHYTA; DESMIDIALES; EMBRYOPHYTA; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; METABOLISM; PENIUM MARGARITACEUM; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT CELL WALL; PLANT EVOLUTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE GENETICS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TECHNICAL ADVANCE; TRANSGENE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELLULOSE; CHAROPHYTE; GREEN ALGAE; PECTIN; PENIUM MARGARITACEUM; PLANT CELL WALL; PLANT EVOLUTION; TECHNICAL ADVANCE;

AGROBACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CELL WALL; CHAROPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; DESMIDIALES; EMBRYOPHYTA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; GENE TARGETING; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVERSE GENETICS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84893700889     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12375     Document Type: Article

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