Genetically modified industrial yeast ready for application

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 536-544

  Akada, Rinji ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genetically modified organism; Industrial yeast; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Self cloning; Transformation

Indexed keywords

BREWERIES; GENES; WINE;

GENOME SEQUENCE;

YEAST;

ANTIBIOTIC G 418; AUREOBASIDIN A; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CERULENIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COPPER; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; FLUSILAZOLE; GLYPHOSATE; METHOTREXATE; PANTOTHENIC ACID; PHLEOMYCIN; SULFITE; SULFOMETURON METHYL; TRYPTOPHAN; URACIL;

CLONING; DNA MODIFICATION; FERMENTATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0036968472     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1723(02)80192-X     Document Type: Review

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