Carotenoid hydroxylase from Haematococcus pluvialis: cDNA sequence, regulation and functional complementation

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1446, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 203-212

  Linden, Hartmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carotene; Astaxanthin; Green alga; Haematococcus pluvialis; Hydroxylase; Zeaxanthin

Indexed keywords

ASTAXANTHIN; BETA CAROTENE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; OXYGENASE; ZEAXANTHIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GREEN ALGA; HEMATOCOCCUS PLUVIALIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEADY STATE;

ALGAE, GREEN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA CAROTENE; CANTHAXANTHIN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; RNA, MESSENGER; XANTHOPHYLLS;

ALGAE; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CHLOROPHYTA; HAEMATOCOCCUS PLUVIALIS; PLUVIALIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032798804     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4781(99)00088-3     Document Type: Article

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