Chloroplasts are intracellular organelles in plants which contain the entire machinery
necessary for the process of photosynthesis. They also participate in the biosynthesis of …

The green unicellular biflagellated alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, has received much
attention in the study of photosynthesis. The development of new sophisticated molecular …

Over the past several years, particle bombardment has evolved into a useful tool for
molecular biologists, allowing direct gene transfer to a broad range of cell and tissue types …

Oxygenic photosynthesis is an energy-transducing process whereby light energy is trapped
and converted into biochemical energy. This multi-step process encompasses a series of …

We discuss the suggestion that differences in the nucleotide composition between plastid
and nuclear genomes may provide a selective advantage in the transposition of genes from …

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has many advantages compared with traditional systems for the
molecular farming of recombinant proteins. These include low production costs, rapid …

Arylsulfatase, produced by Chlamydomonas reinhardtii during sulfur-limited growth, is
secreted into the periplasmic space and is readily assayed using a chromogenic substrate …

Microalgae are a diverse group of eukaryotic photosynthetic microorganisms. While
microalgae play a crucial role in global carbon fixation and oxygen evolution, these …

The psbD mRNA, which encodes the D2 reaction center polypeptide of photosystem II, is
one of the most abundant chloroplast mRNAs. We have used genomic complementation to …

Plastid gene expression during plant growth and development requires several independent
processes. Although the plastid contains all the basic components for gene expression, it …