Article
Stable transformation and reverse genetic analysis of Penium margaritaceum: a platform for studies of charophyte green algae, the immediate ancestors of land plants.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Feb 2014
Sørensen Iben, Fei Zhangjun, Andreas Amanda, Willats William G T, Domozych David S, Rose Jocelyn K C
Abstract excerpt
The charophyte green algae (CGA, Streptophyta, Viridiplantae) occupy a key phylogenetic position as the immediate ancestors of land plants but, paradoxically, are less well-studied than the other major plant lineages. This is particularly true in the context of functional genomic studies, where the lack of an efficient protocol for their stable genetic transformation has been a major obstacle. Observations of...
Topics
- Agrobacterium
- Biological Evolution
- Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases
- Cell Wall
- Charophyceae
- Chlorophyta
- Desmidiales
- Embryophyta
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Gene Library
- Gene Targeting
- Genes, Reporter
- Glucosyltransferases