Properties of a high-torularhodin-producing mutant of Rhodotorula glutinis cultivated under oxidative stress

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 203-205

  Sakaki, Hideyuki ^a   Nakanishi, Tatsuya ^a   Satonaka, Ken Ya ^a   Miki, Wataru ^b   Fujita, Tokio ^a   Komemushi, Sadao ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SUNTORY LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active oxygen species; Mutant; Rhodotorula glutinis; Torularhodin

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLENE BLUE;

ARTICLE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RHODOTORULA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

FUNGI; RHODOTORULA GLUTINIS;

EID: 0034076509     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1723(00)88739-3     Document Type: Article

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