Disruption of the cytochrome c gene in xylose-utilizing yeast Pichia stipitis leads to higher ethanol production

Yeast

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1021-1030

  Shi, Nian Qing ^a   Davis, Brian ^a,d   Sherman, Fred ^b   Cruz, Jose ^c,e   Jeffries, Thomas W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^d BIOBASE Corporation   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cytochrome c gene; Gene disruption; Pichia stipitis; SHAM sensitive respiration; Xylose conversion

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CYTOCHROME A; CYTOCHROME C; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; GLYCEROL; XYLOSE;

ARTICLE; CELL RESPIRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTATION; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DISRUPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PICHIA STIPITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PICHIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALICYLAMIDES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; XYLOSE;

FUNGI; PICHIA PASTORIS; PICHIA STIPITIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032764293     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0061(199908)15:11<1021::AID-YEA429>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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