Increased lipid production by heterologous expression of AtWRI1 transcription factor in

BACKGROUND
Genetic engineering of microalgae is necessary to produce economically feasible strains for biofuel production. Current efforts are focused on the manipulation of individual metabolic genes, but the outcomes are not sufficiently stable and/or efficient for large-scale production of biofuels and other materials. Transcription factors (TFs) are emerging as good alternatives for engineering of microalgae, not only to increase production of biomaterials but to enhance stress tolerance. Here, we investigated an AP2 type TF Wrinkled1 in

RESULTS
We expressed

CONCLUSION
AtWRI1 TF regulated several genes involved in lipid synthesis in