Production of new carotenoids, astaxanthin glucosides, by escherichia coli transformants carrying carotenoid biosynthetic genes

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 3709-3712

  Yokoyama, Akihiro ^a   Shizuri, Yoshikazu ^a   Misawa, Norihiko ^b  

^a MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KIRIN BREWERY CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTAXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; GLUCOSIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032575143     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(98)00542-5     Document Type: Article

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