RNA-Seq transcriptomic analysis with Bag2D software identifies key pathways enhancing lipid yield in a high lipid-producing mutant of the non-model green alga Dunaliella tertiolecta

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Yao, Lina ^a   Tan, Tin Wee ^a   Ng, Yi Kai ^a   Ban, Kenneth Hon Kim ^a,b   Shen, Hui ^a   Lin, Huixin ^a   Lee, Yuan Kun ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dunaliella tertiolecta; Lipid metabolism; Next generation sequencing; Random insertional mutant; RNA Seq

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; FATTY ACIDS; GENES; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); RNA;

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; DUNALIELLA TERTIOLECTA; FATTY ACID BIOSYNTHESIS; LIPID METABOLISMS; NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING; PHOTOSYNTHETIC EFFICIENCY; RANDOM INSERTIONAL MUTANT; TRANSCRIPTOME PROFILING;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOSSIL FUEL; GREEN ALGA; LIPID; OPTIMIZATION; RNA; SOFTWARE;

ALGAE; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLORELLA (CHLORELLALES); CHLORELLA (PRASIOLALES); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED CHLOROPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE); CHLOROPHYTA; COCCOMYXA SUBELLIPSOIDEA; DUNALIELLA TERTIOLECTA; OSTREOCOCCUS; VOLVOX CARTERI;

EID: 84948172261     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-015-0382-0     Document Type: Article

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