Metabolic engineering of the terpenoid biosynthetic pathway of Escherichia coli for production of the carotenoids β-carotene and zeaxanthin

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 791-795

  Albrecht, Manuela ^a   Misawa, Norihiko ^b   Sandmann, Gerhard ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Ctrl Labs for Key Technology   (Japan)

Author keywords

carotene; Carotenoid production; Engineered E. coli; Terpenoid biosynthesis; Zeaxanthin

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; TERPENOID; ZEAXANTHIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; TRANSGENE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032883216     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005547827380     Document Type: Article

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