Characterization of unusual hydroxy- and ketocarotenoids in Rubrivivax gelatinosus: Involvement of enzyme CrtF or CrtA

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 354-362

  Pinta, Violaine ^a   Ouchane, Soufian ^a   Picaud, Martine ^a   Takaichi, Shinichi ^b   Astier, Chantal ^a   Reiss Husson, Françoise ^a  

^a CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotenoid biosynthesis; Carotenoid genes; CrtA; CrtF; Ketocarotenoids; Purple bacteria; Rubrivivax

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CAROTENOID; CRTA ENZYME; CRTF ENZYME; GENOMIC DNA; HYDROXYCAROTENOID; KANAMYCIN; KETOCAROTENOID; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PLASMID DNA; RHODOVIOLASCIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; SPHEROIDENE; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; RUBRIVIVAX; RUBRIVIVAX GELATINOSUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RUBRIVIVAX; RUBRIVIVAX GELATINOSUS;

EID: 0038290537     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-003-0538-3     Document Type: Article

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