Expression of the eicosapentaenoic acid synthesis gene cluster from Shewanella sp. In a transgenic marine cyanobacterium, Synechococcus sp.

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2725-2731

  Takeyama, Haruko ^a   Takeda, Daisuke ^a   Yazawa, Kazunaga ^b   Yamada, Akiko ^b   Matsunaga, Tadashi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SAGAMI CHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conjugation; Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) production; Marine cyanobacterium; Metabolic engineering; Synechococcus sp.

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMID VECTOR; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENE;

CYANOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS; SHEWANELLA SP.; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 6301; UNCULTURED MARINE BACTERIUM;

EID: 0030874068     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-8-2725     Document Type: Article

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