Patent ID: 7745696
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: C07K,C12N

Abstract:
1. A method of decreasing chlorophyll antenna size in a strain of green algae, the method comprising: inhibiting expression of a Tla1 nucleic acid in the green algae strain by introducing into the green algae strain an expression cassette comprising a promoter operably linked to a polynucleotide, or a complement thereof, wherein the polynucleotide is at least 90% identical to at least 200 contiguous nucleotides of a nucleic acid sequence encoding SEQ ID NO:2; or comprises at least 20 contiguous nucleotides of SEQ ID NO:1 or SEQ ID NO:3; and selecting algae with decreased chlorophyll antenna size compared to green algae in which the expression cassette has not been introduced.