Production of lycopene by the food yeast, Candida utilis that does not naturally synthesize carotenoid

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 58, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 306-308

  Miura, Yutaka ^a   Kondo, Keiji ^a   Shimada, Hiroshi ^a   Saito, Toshiko ^a   Nakamura, Katsumi ^a   Misawa, Norihiko ^a  

^a KIRIN BREWERY CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Candida utilis; Carotenoids; Lycopene

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; BIOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENTS; YEAST;

ERGOSTEROL; LYCOPENE;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

CARBON; CAROTENOID; ERGOSTEROL; ISOPRENOID; LYCOPENE; PYROPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CANDIDA UTILIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN;

ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CANDIDA; CAROTENOIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

CANDIDA; ERWINIA; PANTOEA ANANATIS; PICHIA JADINII;

EID: 0032485906     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19980420)58:2/3<306::AID-BIT29>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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