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Bioimpacts. 2017;7(4): 247-254. doi: 10.15171/bi.2017.29
PMID: 29435432        PMCID: PMC5801536

Original Research

Efficient and stable transformation of Dunaliella pseudosalina by 3 strains of Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Jaber Dehghani 1,2, Ali Movafeghi 1 * , Abolfazl Barzegari 2,3, Jaleh Barar 2 * ORCID

Cited by CrossRef: 17


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12- Dehghani J, Adibkia K, Movafeghi A, Barzegari A, Pourseif M, Maleki Kakelar H, Golchin A, Omidi Y. Stable transformation of Spirulina (Arthrospira) platensis: a promising microalga for production of edible vaccines. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2018;102(21):9267 [Crossref]
13- Dehghani J, Atazadeh E, Omidi Y, Movafeghi A. The use of 18S ribosomal DNA, ITS and rbcL molecular markers to study the genus Dunaliella (Dunaliellaceae) in Iranian samples: A phylogenetic approach. 2020;49(1):88 [Crossref]
14- Maleki Kakelar H, Barzegari A, Dehghani J, Hanifian S, Saeedi N, Barar J, Omidi Y. Pathogenicity of Helicobacter pylori in cancer development and impacts of vaccination. Gastric Cancer. 2019;22(1):23 [Crossref]
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