Novel hydroxycarotenoids with improved antioxidative properties produced by gene combination in Escherichia coli

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 843-846

  Albrecht, Manuela ^a   Takaichi, Shinichi ^b   Steiger, Sabine ^a   Wang, Zheng Yu ^c   Sandmann, Gerhard ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Combinatorial biosynthesis; Heterologous gene expression; Metabolic engineering; Novel carotenoids

Indexed keywords

CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; HYDROXYL GROUP; LYCOPENE; POLYENE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPOPHILICITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOOXIDATION; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNTHESIS;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CAROTENOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0033876920     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/78443     Document Type: Article

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