Transgenic Microalgae as Green Cell Factories

Microalgae have been largely cultured and commercialized as food and feed additives, and their potential as source of high-added value compounds is well known. But, in contrast to the large number of genetically modified bacteria, yeast and even higher plants, only a few species of microalgae have b...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: León, Rosa (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Galván, Aurora (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Fernández, Emilio (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007.
Σειρά:Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 616
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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505 0 |a Nuclear Transformation of Eukaryotic Microalgae -- Transformation of Cyanobacteria -- Molecular Biology and the Biotechnological Potential of Diatoms -- Tools and Techniques for Chloroplast Transformation of Chlamydomonas -- Influence of Codon Bias on the Expression of Foreign Genes in Microalgae -- In the Grip of Algal Genomics -- Insertional Mutagenesis as a Tool to Study Genes/Functions in Chlamydomonas -- Optimization of Recombinant Protein Expression in the Chloroplasts of Green Algae -- Phycoremediation of Heavy Metals Using Transgenic Microalgae -- Hydrogen Fuel Production by Transgenic Microalgae -- Microalgal Vaccines. 
520 |a Microalgae have been largely cultured and commercialized as food and feed additives, and their potential as source of high-added value compounds is well known. But, in contrast to the large number of genetically modified bacteria, yeast and even higher plants, only a few species of microalgae have been genetically transformed with efficiency. Initial difficulties in the expression of foreign genes in microalgae have been progressively overcome, and powerful molecular tools for their genetic engineering are now on hand. A considerable collection of promoters and selectable marker genes and an increasing number of genomic or cDNA sequences have become available in recent years. More work is needed to transform new species of microalgae, specially those that have commercial value, so that it would be possible to increase the productivity of traditional compounds or synthesize novel ones. Silencing transgenes remains as an important limitation for stable expression of foreign genes. This problem is not unique to microalgae since it has also been observed in plants, animals and fungi. A better understanding of the mechanisms that control the regulation of gene expression in eukaryotes is therefore needed. In this book a group of outstanding researchers working on different areas of microalgae biotechnology offer a global vision of the genetic manipulation of microalgae and their applications. 
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