A Photoperiod-Regulating Gene CONSTANS Is Correlated to Lipid Biosynthesis in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

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Growth curve and lipid contents of C. reinhardtii CC425 cultivated in LD or SD conditions. (a) Growth curve of C. reinhardtii CC425 cultivated in LD conditions and at -S or- P limitation conditions. (b) Growth curve of C. reinhardtii CC425 cultivated in SD conditions and at -S or -P limitation conditions. (c) Lipid contents of C. reinhardtii CC425 cultivated in LD conditions and at -S or -P limitation conditions. (d) Lipid contents of C. reinhardtii CC425 cultivated in SD conditions and at -S or -P limitation conditions. HSM, cells cultivated in the HSM medium; HSM-S, cells cultivated in the S-free HSM medium; and HSM-P, cells grown in the P-free HSM medium.

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