Melis A (2005) Bioengineering of green algae to enhance photosynthesis and hydrogen production. Chapter 12 in Artificial Photosynthesis: From Basic Biology to Industrial Application, AF Collins and C Critchley (eds.), Wiley-Verlag & Co., pp. 229-240
Park S, Polle JE, Melis A, Lee TK, Jin E (2006) Up-regulation of photoprotection and PSII-repair gene expression by irradiance in the unicellular green alga
Dunaliella salina. Mar. Biotech. 8:120–128.
Yokthongwattana K, Melis A (2006) Photoinhibition and recovery in oxygenic photosynthesis: Mechanism of a photosystem II damage and repair cycle. In, Photoprotection, Photoinhibition, Gene Regulation, and Environment, Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration (Series Editor, Govindjee), Volume 21: 175–191; Springer, The Netherlands
Melis A, Melnicki M (2006) Integrated biological hydrogen production. Intl. J. Hydrogen Energy 31: 1563-1573
Melis A, Chen H-C (2007) Modulation of sulfate permease for photosynthetic hydrogen production. United States Patent 7,176,005 (issued 13-Feb-2007)
Tetali SD, Mitra M, Melis A (2007) Development of the light-harvesting chlorophyll antenna in the green alga
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is regulated by the novel
Tla1 gene. Planta 225: 813-829
Park S, Khamai P, Garcia-Cerdan JG, Melis A (2007) REP27, a tetratricopeptide repeat nuclear-encoded and chloroplast-localized protein functions in the D1/32 kD reaction center protein turnover and PSII repair from photodamage. Plant Physiology 143: 1547-1560
Melis A, Seibert M, Ghirardi ML (2007) Hydrogen fuel production by transgenic microalgae. In: Leon R, Gavan A, Fernandez E (eds) Transgenic Microalgae as Green Cell Factories. Landes Bioscience, Austin, Texas. Chapter 10, pp. 110-121
Melis A (2007) Photosynthetic H2 metabolism in
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (unicellular green algae). Planta 226: 1075-1086
Bailey S, Melis A, Mackey KR, Cardol P, Finazzi G, van Dijken G, Berg GM, Arrigo K, Shrager J, Grossman A (2008) Alternative photosynthetic electron flow to oxygen in marine
Synechococcus. Biochim Biophys Acta 1777(3): 269-276
Berberoglu H, Pilon L, Melis A (2008) Radiation characteristics of
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii CC125 and its truncated chlorophyll antenna transformants
tla1, tlaX, and
tla1-CW+. Intl J Hydrogen Energy 33: 6467-6483
Lindberg P, Melis A (2008) The chloroplast sulfate transport system in the green alga
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Planta 228:951-961
Melnicki MR, Bianchi L, De Philippis R, Melis A (2008) Hydrogen production during stationary phase in purple photosynthetic bacteria. Intl J Hydrogen Energy 33:6525-6534
Ruehle T, Hemschemeier A, Melis A, Happe T (2008) A novel screening protocol for the isolation of hydrogen producing
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii strains. BMC Plant Biology 8:107 (13 pages);
PDF doi:10.1186/1471-2229-8-107
Eroglu E, Melis A (2008) ”
Density Equilibrium” method for the quantitative and rapid
in situ determination of lipid, hydrocarbon, or biopolymer content in microorganisms. Biotech Bioeng, DOI 10.1002/bit.22182
Mitra M, Melis A (2008) Optical properties of microalgae for enhanced biofuels production. Optics Express. 16(26):21807-20.
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