Threonine aldolase overexpression plus threonine supplementation enhanced riboflavin production in Ashbya gossypii

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 4283-4290

  Monschau, Nicole ^a   Sahm, Hermann ^a   Stahmann, K Peter ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; GLYCINE; RIBOFLAVIN; THREONINE;

ARTICLE; ASHBYA GOSSYPII; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENE LIBRARY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PURINE SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ASHBYA GOSSYPII; EREMOTHECIUM GOSSYPII; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031734351     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.11.4283-4290.1998     Document Type: Article

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