Development of an alcohol-inducible gene expression system for recombinant protein expression in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

ABSTRACT: Microalgae have been widely considered for the production of valuable products, such as lipid-based biofuel, value-added pigments, and anti-photo aging reagents. More recently, microalgae have been considered an alternative host for recombinant protein production because of their economic benefits and ecofriendly characteristics. Additionally, many microalgal strains identified to date are generally recognized as safe (GRAS); therefore, the use of microalgae-based technology is promising. However, basic studies on the genetic engineering of microalgae are rare, despite their importance. Particularly, inducible promoter systems that can be applied for strain engineering or recombinant protein production are rarely studied; hence, a number of challenging issues remain unsolved. Therefore, in

SUBMITTER: Lee S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6096782 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature