Microalgae Crop Improvement: Tools for Quality Control and Molecular Breeding

Industrial Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 237-243

  Schurr, Robert ^a   Kuehnle, Adelheid ^a  

^a Kuehnle AgroSystems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

algal promoters; Amt1; 1; Amt1; 2; Crop improvement; intergenic spacer; Nit1; Rh1; transgene silencing; Vp54

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; QUALITY CONTROL; SEED; VIRUSES;

ALGAL PROMOTERS; AMT1 1; AMT1 2; CROP IMPROVEMENT; INTERGENIC SPACERS; NIT1; RH1; TRANSGENE SILENCING; VP54;

AGRICULTURE;

EID: 84902134817     PISSN: 15509087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ind.2013.0035     Document Type: Article

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