Tools for microalgal biotechnology: development of an optimized transformation method for an industrially promising microalga—Tetraselmis chuii

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 223-232

  Úbeda Mínguez, Patricia ^a   Chileh, Tarik ^a   Dautor, Yasmeen ^a   García Maroto, Federico ^a   Alonso, Diego López ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Genetic transformation; Microalgae; Tetraselmis chuii; Transformant stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939882913     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: 15735176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-014-0306-6     Document Type: Article

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