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Tools and Techniques for Chloroplast Transformation of Chlamydomonas

Purton, Saul·2008·Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

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The chloroplast organelle of plant and algal cells contains its own genetic system with a genome of a hundred or so genes. Stable transformation of the chloroplast was first achieved in 1988, using the newly developed biolistic method of DNA delivery to introduce cloned DNA into the genome of the green unicellular alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Since that time there have been significant developments in chloroplast genetic engineering using this versatile organism, and it is probable that the next few years will see increasing interest in commercial applications whereby high-value therapeutic proteins and other recombinant products are synthesized in the Chlamydomonas chloroplast. In this chapter I review the basic methodology of chloroplast transformation, the current techniques and applications, and the future possibilities for using the Chlamydomonas chloroplast as a green organelle factory.

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  • The plastid genome of Chlamydomonas has been successfully transformed and has become a consistent method for heterologous protein expression.

    “the plastid genome of Chlamydomonas has been successfully transformed and has become a consistent method for heterologous protein expression [117,118]”

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Authors
Purton, S.
Affiliations
University College London (GB)
Corresponding author
Purton, Saul
Venue
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
Published
2008-12-06
Volume
616
Pages
34-45
ISSN
0065-2598 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1227025801
Cited by
93
References
47
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FWCI
3.77
Type
book chapter
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Advances in experimental medicine and biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biotechnology › Transgenic Plants and Applications
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Algal biology and biofuel production
Keywords
chloroplast transformation, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, particle bombardment, chloroplast genome, recombinant protein expression, green algae
MeSH terms
Animals, Chloroplasts, Photosynthesis, Transformation, Genetic, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Photosystem I Protein Complex

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