Green genes: Bioinformatics and systems-biology innovations drive algal biotechnology

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 617-626

  Reijnders, Maarten J M F ^a   van Heck, Ruben G A ^a   Lam, Carolyn M C ^a,b   Scaife, Mark A ^c   dos Santos, Vitor A P Martins ^a,b   Smith, Alison G ^c   Schaap, Peter J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LIFEGLIMMER GMBH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOINFORMATICS; GENES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; PRODUCTIVITY;

GENOME SEQUENCING PROJECTS; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING APPROACH; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; MICRO-ALGAE; NON-RENEWABLE; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; SYSTEMS LEVELS;

FOSSIL FUELS;

ALGA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINFORMATICS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MICROALGA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; PLANT GENOME; PLANT METABOLISM; REVIEW; BIOLOGY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TRENDS;

ALGAE;

BIOFUEL;

BIOFUELS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MICROALGAE; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 84918491992     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: 18793096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2014.10.003     Document Type: Review

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