Mutants and intersexual heterokaryons of Blakeslea trispora for production of β-carotene and lycopene

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 4043-4048

  Mehta, Bina J ^a   Obraztsova, Irina N ^a   Cerdá Olmedo, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CELL CULTURE; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; MUTAGENESIS;

CAROTENE;

MICROORGANISMS;

BETA CAROTENE; BETA IONONE; LYCOPENE; METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BLAKESLEA TRISPORA; FUNGUS MUTANT; FUNGUS SPORE; HERMAPHRODITISM; HETEROKARYON; MUTATION; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; ZYGOMYCETES;

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; CROSSES, GENETIC; HETEROZYGOTE; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; REPRODUCTION; ZYGOMYCOTA;

BLAKESLEA TRISPORA; FUNGI; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 0037478973     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.7.4043-4048.2003     Document Type: Article

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