Characterization of a non-pigment producing Monascus purpureus mutant strain

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 333-340

  Rasheva, Tanya V ^a   Nedeva, Trayana S ^a   Hallet, Jean Noel ^b   Kujumdzieva, Anna V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Albino strain; Citrinin; Glycoamylase; Monacolin; Monascus; Protease

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CITRININ; DISACCHARIDE; FATTY ACID; GLUCAN 1,4 ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; MEVINOLIN; MONOSACCHARIDE; PIGMENT; PROTEINASE;

FUNGUS; PIGMENT;

ALBINISM; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTATION; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GROWTH RATE; HYDROLYSIS; LIFE CYCLE; LIPID COMPOSITION; MONASCUS PURPUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

CARBON; CITRININ; CULTURE MEDIA; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FATTY ACIDS; FERMENTATION; GLUCAN 1,4-ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASE; LOVASTATIN; MONASCUS; MUTATION; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL;

FUNGI; MONASCUS; MONASCUS PURPUREUS;

EID: 0038632230     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023360313459     Document Type: Article

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