Journal Article10.1016/J.COPBIO.2008.07.008
A green light for engineered algae: redirecting metabolism to fuel a biotechnology revolution
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TL;DR: Ongoing advances in cultivation techniques coupled with genetic manipulation of crucial metabolic networks will further promote microalgae as an attractive platform for the production of numerous high-value compounds.
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About: This article is published in Current Opinion in Biotechnology. The article was published on 01 Oct 2008.
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