Biosynthesis of ketocarotenoids in transgenic cyanobacteria expressing the algal gene for β-C-4-oxygenase, crtO

FEBS Letters

Volumn 404, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 129-134

  Harker, Mark ^a   Hirschberg, Joseph ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Astaxanthin; Carotenoid; Gene transfer; Haematococcus pluvialis; Synechococcus

Indexed keywords

ASTAXANTHIN; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; OXYGENASE; ZEAXANTHIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GREEN ALGA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALGAE, GREEN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYANOBACTERIA; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGENASES; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; XANTHOPHYLLS;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; HAEMATOCOCCUS PLUVIALIS; PLUVIALIS; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 6301;

EID: 0031059021     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(97)00110-5     Document Type: Article

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