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ReviewThe Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology2015

Establishing Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as an industrial biotechnology host.

Mark A Scaife, Ginnie T D T Nguyen, Juan Rico, Devinn Lambert, Katherine E Helliwell, Alison G Smith

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Review in The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 79 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

79 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Mark A ScaifeDepartment of Plant Science, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EA, UK.
Ginnie T D T NguyenDepartment of Plant Science, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EA, UK.
Juan RicoDepartment of Plant Science, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EA, UK.
Devinn LambertDepartment of Plant Science, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EA, UK.
Katherine E HelliwellDepartment of Plant Science, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EA, UK.
Alison G SmithDepartment of Plant Science, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EA, UK.

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/D011043/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/I00680X/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/I013164/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/L014130/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microalgae constitute a diverse group of eukaryotic unicellular organisms that are of interest for pure and applied research. Owing to their natural synthesis of value-added natural products microalgae are emerging as a source of sustainable chemical compounds, proteins and metabolites, including but not limited to those that could replace compounds currently made from fossil fuels. For the model microalga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, this has prompted a period of rapid development so that this organism is poised for exploitation as an industrial biotechnology platform. The question now is how best to achieve this? Highly advanced industrial biotechnology systems using bacteria and yeasts were established in a classical metabolic engineering manner over several decades. However, the advent of advanced molecular tools and the rise of synthetic biology provide an opportunity to expedite the development of C. reinhardtii as an industrial biotechnology platform, avoiding the process of incremental improvement. In this review we describe the current status of genetic manipulation of C. reinhardtii for metabolic engineering. We then introduce several concepts that underpin synthetic biology, and show how generic parts are identified and used in a standard manner to achieve predictable outputs. Based on this we suggest that the development of C. reinhardtii as an industrial biotechnology platform can be achieved more efficiently through adoption of a synthetic biology approach.

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BiotechnologyChlamydomonas reinhardtiiMetabolic EngineeringSynthetic BiologyChlamydomonas reinhardtiiindustrial biotechnologymetabolic engineeringrational designsynthetic biologytransgene expression

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PMID25641561
PMCPMC4515103

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