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Using YFP as a Reporter of Gene Expression in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

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OSTI ID:1466574
The unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a valuable experimental system in plant biology for studying metal homeostasis. Analyzing transcriptional regulation with promoter-fusion constructs in C. reinhardtii is a powerful method for connecting metal-responsive regulation with cis-regulatory elements, but overcoming expression-level variability between transformants and optimizing experimental conditions can be laborious. Here, we provide detailed protocols for the high-throughput cultivation of C. reinhardtii and assaying Venus fluorescence as a reporter for promoter activity. We also describe procedural considerations for relating metal supply to transcriptional activity.
Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER) (SC-23)
DOE Contract Number:
SC0012704
OSTI ID:
1466574
Report Number(s):
BNL-208004-2018-BOOK
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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