Unlabelled: The green oleaginous microalgae, , is a highly productive species and a potential host for the production of biofuel, nutraceuticals, and recombinant therapeutic proteins. The lack of a stable and efficient genetic transformation system is the major bottleneck in improving this species. We report an efficient and stable -mediated transformation system for the first time in .
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: is an important biofuel crop due to the presence of high amount of oil in its seeds suitable for biodiesel production. Triacylglycerols (TAGs) are the most abundant form of storage oil in plants. Diacylglycerol -acyltransferase (DGAT1) enzyme is responsible for the last and only committed step in seed TAG biosynthesis.
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