Stable chloroplast transformation of the unicellular red alga Porphyridium species From: Plant Physiology | Date: May 1, 2002| Author: Arad, Shoshana; Raveh, Dina; Shapira, Michal; Sivan, Alex; Lapidot, Miri | Copyright American Society of Plant Physiologists May 2002. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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Stable Chloroplast Transformation of the Unicellular Red Alga Porphyridium Species1

Red algae are extremely attractive for biotechnology because they synthesize accessory photosynthetic pigments (phycobilins and carotenoids), unsaturated fatty acids, and unique cell wall sulfated polysaccharides. We report a high-efficiency chloroplast transformation system for the unicellular red microalga Porphyridium sp. This is the first genetic transformation sys...

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