Integrative transformation system for the metabolic engineering of the sphingoid base-producing yeast Pichia ciferrii

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 812-819

  Bae, Jung Hoon ^a,c   Sohn, Jung Hoon ^a   Park, Chang Seo ^b   Rhee, Joon Shick ^c   Choi, Eui Sung ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^b Doosan Corporation   (South Korea)

^c Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOMES; CLONING; DNA; MUTAGENESIS; YEAST;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

METABOLISM;

RIBOSOME PROTEIN; SPHINGOLIPID;

YEAST;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; EFFECTOR CELL; FERMENTATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; LIPOGENESIS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PICHIA; YEAST;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENES, RRNA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PICHIA; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERINE C-PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; SPHINGOLIPIDS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

PICHIA; PICHIA CIFERRII; SPHINGIODEA;

EID: 0037313021     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.2.812-819.2003     Document Type: Article

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