Overexpression of the crgA gene abolishes light requirement for carotenoid biosynthesis in Mucor circinelloides

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 800-807

  Navarro, Eusebio ^c   Ruiz Pérez, Victor L ^b   Torres Martínez, Santiago ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Carotenoid; CrgA gene; Light stimulation; Molecular cloning; Mucor circinelloides

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CAROTENOID; DNA; GLUTAMINE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUCOR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CAROTENOIDS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FUNGAL; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUCOR; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDES; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033950370     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01058.x     Document Type: Article

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