Rapid Mutation of Spirulina platensis by a New Mutagenesis System of Atmospheric and Room Temperature Plasmas (ARTP) and Generation of a Mutant Library with Diverse Phenotypes

Mingyue Fang; Lihua Jin; Chong Zhang; Yinyee Tan; Peixia Jiang; Nan Ge; Heping Li; Xinhui Xing

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0077046

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Rapid Mutation of Spirulina platensis by a New Mutagenesis System of Atmospheric and Room Temperature Plasmas (ARTP) and Generation of a Mutant Library with Diverse Phenotypes

Mingyue Fang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Mingyue Fang, Lihua Jin

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Industrial Biocatalysis, Ministry of Education, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Lihua Jin ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Mingyue Fang, Lihua Jin

Affiliations Key Laboratory for Industrial Biocatalysis, Ministry of Education, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, Colloge of bioengineering, Beijing Polytechnic, Beijing, China
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Chong Zhang,

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Industrial Biocatalysis, Ministry of Education, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Yinyee Tan,

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Industrial Biocatalysis, Ministry of Education, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Peixia Jiang,

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Industrial Biocatalysis, Ministry of Education, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Nan Ge,

Affiliation Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Heping Li ,

* E-mail:liheping@tsinghua.edu.cn (HL); xhxing@tsinghua.edu.cn (XH)

Affiliation Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Xinhui Xing

* E-mail:liheping@tsinghua.edu.cn (HL); xhxing@tsinghua.edu.cn (XH)

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Industrial Biocatalysis, Ministry of Education, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Rapid Mutation of Spirulina platensis by a New Mutagenesis System of Atmospheric and Room Temperature Plasmas (ARTP) and Generation of a Mutant Library with Diverse Phenotypes

Mingyue Fang,
Lihua Jin,
Chong Zhang,
Yinyee Tan,
Peixia Jiang,
Nan Ge,
Heping Li,
Xinhui Xing

Published: October 11, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0077046

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