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Combined intracellular nitrate and NIT2 effects on storage carbohydrate metabolism in Chlamydomonas.
Journal of experimental botany - 1 Jan 2014
Remacle C, Eppe G, Coosemans N, Fernandez E, Vigeolas H
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Microalgae are receiving increasing attention as alternative production systems for renewable energy such as biofuel. The photosynthetic alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is widely recognized as the model system to study all aspects of algal physiology, including the molecular mechanisms underlying the accumulation of starch and triacylglycerol (TAG), which are the precursors of biofuel. All of these pathways not...
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