Metabolic engineering for the production of carotenoids in non- carotenogenic bacteria and yeasts

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 169-181

  Misawa, Norihiko ^a   Shimada, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KIRIN BREWERY CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Candida utilis; Carotenoids; Erwinia species; Isoprenoids; Marine bacterium; Metabolic engineering; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENES; METABOLISM; YEAST;

CAROTENOIDS; ISOPRENOIDS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ASTAXANTHIN; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; GERANYLTRANSFERASE; ISOPRENOID; LYCOPENE; RECOMBINANT DNA;

BIOENGINEERING; CANDIDA UTILIS; DNA LIBRARY; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SHORT SURVEY; SYNTHESIS; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM AURANTIACUM; ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; CHLOROPHYTA; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMATOCOCCUS PLUVIALIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PHAFFIA RHODOZYMA; PICHIA JADINII; PLUVIALIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; UNCULTURED MARINE BACTERIUM; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

EID: 0032477487     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1656(97)00154-5     Document Type: Article

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