Transgenic Microalgae as Green Cell Factories

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: León, Rosa (Editor), Galván, Aurora (Editor), Fernández, Emilio (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 616
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Cell biology.; Microbial ecology.; Plant science.; Botany.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Cell Biology.; Microbial Ecology.

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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.