Inhibition of starch synthesis results in overproduction of lipids in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

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Starch and neutral lipids are two major carbon storage compounds in many microalgae and plants. Lipids are more energy rich and have often been used as food and fuel feedstocks. Genetic engineering of the lipid biosynthesis pathway to overproduce lipid has achieved only limited success. We hypothesize that through blocking the competing pathway to produce starch, overproduction of neutral lipid may be achieved....

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