Understanding nitrate assimilation and its regulation in microalgae

E Sanz-Luque, A Chamizo-Ampudia… - Frontiers in plant …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Nitrate assimilation is a key process for nitrogen (N) acquisition in green microalgae. Among
Chlorophyte algae, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has resulted to be a good model system to …

Inorganic nitrogen assimilation in Chlamydomonas

E Fernandez, A Galvan - Journal of experimental botany, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Inorganic nitrogen is an essential nutrient for photosynthetic organisms. Its efficient use in
nature involves adaptation of the organisms to the availability of the nitrogen supply, to …

An Indexed, Mapped Mutant Library Enables Reverse Genetics Studies of Biological Processes in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

X Li, R Zhang, W Patena, SS Gang, SR Blum… - The Plant …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a leading unicellular model for dissecting
biological processes in photosynthetic eukaryotes. However, its usefulness has been limited …

The Chlamydomonas Genome Reveals the Evolution of Key Animal and Plant Functions

SS Merchant, SE Prochnik, O Vallon, EH Harris… - Science, 2007 - science.org
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a unicellular green alga whose lineage diverged from land
plants over 1 billion years ago. It is a model system for studying chloroplast-based …

[图书][B] The Chlamydomonas Sourcebook: Introduction to Chlamydomonas and Its Laboratory Use: Volume 1

EH Harris - 2009 - books.google.com
Dr. Harris has played a major role in the development of this organism as a model system.
Her previous version of the Chlamydomonas Sourcebook which published in 1989, has …

Nitrogen-Sparing Mechanisms in Chlamydomonas Affect the Transcriptome, the Proteome, and Photosynthetic Metabolism

S Schmollinger, T Mühlhaus, NR Boyle, IK Blaby… - The Plant …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Nitrogen (N) is a key nutrient that limits global primary productivity; hence, N-use efficiency is
of compelling interest in agriculture and aquaculture. We used Chlamydomonas reinhardtii …

High-throughput genotyping of green algal mutants reveals random distribution of mutagenic insertion sites and endonucleolytic cleavage of transforming DNA

R Zhang, W Patena, U Armbruster, SS Gang… - The Plant …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
A high-throughput genetic screening platform in a single-celled photosynthetic eukaryote
would be a transformative addition to the plant biology toolbox. Here, we present …

Overexpression of acetyl-CoA synthetase (ACS) enhances the biosynthesis of neutral lipids and starch in the green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

R Rengel, RT Smith, RP Haslam, O Sayanova, M Vila… - Algal Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Genetic engineering can be the solution to achieve the economically feasible production of
microalgal based biofuels and other bulk materials. A good number of microalgal species …

Integrated Quantitative Analysis of Nitrogen Stress Response in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Using Metabolite and Protein Profiling

N Wase, PN Black, BA Stanley… - Journal of Proteome …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Nitrogen starvation induces a global stress response in microalgae that results in the
accumulation of lipids as a potential source of biofuel. Using GC-MS-based metabolite and …

Altered lipid composition and enhanced lipid production in green microalga by introduction of brassica diacylglycerol acyltransferase 2

I Ahmad, AK Sharma, H Daniell… - Plant biotechnology …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Higher lipid biosynthesis and accumulation are important to achieve economic viability of
biofuel production via microalgae. To enhance lipid content, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii …