Metabolic engineering of carotenoid accumulation in Escherichia coli by modulation of the isoprenoid precursor pool with expression of deoxyxylulose phosphate synthase

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 396-400

  Matthews, P D ^a   Wurtzel, E T ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; LYCOPENE; SYNTHETASE; XYLULOSE; ZEAXANTHIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ERWINIA; ERWINIA UREDOVORA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PANTOEA ANANATIS;

EID: 0034105938     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530051632     Document Type: Article

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