Microalgal bioengineering for sustainable energy development: Recent transgenesis and metabolic engineering strategies

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 303-314

  Banerjee, Chiranjib ^a   Singh, Puneet Kumar ^b   Shukla, Pratyoosh ^b  

^a INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

^b MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Flux balance analysis (FBA); Riboswitch engineering; Synthetic biology; Transgenic microalgae

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOINFORMATICS; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FLUX BALANCE ANALYSIS; HIGH THROUGHPUT; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; METABOLIC PRODUCTS; MICRO-ALGAE; RIBOSWITCHES; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; ELECTROPORATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENOMICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; RIBOSWITCH; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TRANSGENICS; BIOENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PROCEDURES; PROTEOMICS;

RIBOSWITCH;

BIOENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENOMICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MICROALGAE; PROTEOMICS; RIBOSWITCH;

EID: 84959376835     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: 18607314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.201500284     Document Type: Review

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