Isolation and functional characterisation of a novel type of carotenoid biosynthetic gene from Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 262, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 453-461

  Verdoes, J C ^a   Krubasik, P ^b   Sandmann, G ^b   Van Ooyen, A J J ^a,c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Gist Brocades NV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Astaxanthin; Complementation; Evolution; Lycopene cyclase; Phytoene synthase

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; FARNESYL TRANS TRANSFERASE; LYCOPENE; SYNTHETASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GENE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; YEAST;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASIDIOMYCOTA; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENES, FUNGAL; INTRAMOLECULAR LYASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; XANTHOPHYLLS; YEASTS;

EID: 0032722810     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380051105     Document Type: Article

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