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US 9,868,959 B2Granted
Engineered microalgae with enhanced lipid production
AssigneeJ. Craig Venter Institute, Inc.
InventorsAndrew Allen, Christopher Lee Dupont
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Abstract
Described herein are engineered microalgae that exhibit enhanced lipid production during exponential growth. Such engineered microalgae are useful, for example, for the production of biofuels.
Claims10
An engineered diatom that produces lipid during exponential growth, wherein the diatom has been stably engineered with an exogenous nucleic acid to
- reduce or completely eliminate the expression level or activity of a protein that facilitates nitrogen assimilation, said protein is glutamine synthetase,
- relative to the wild-type diatom.
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