Enhanced production of α-galactosyl epitopes by metabolically engineered Pichia pastoris

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 5238-5242

  Shao, Jun ^a   Hayashi, Takahisa ^b   Wang, Peng George ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOMES; DNA; ENZYMES; METABOLISM;

HETEROLOGOUS ENZYMES;

MICROBIOLOGY;

1,3 ALPHA GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL OXIDASE; EPIMERASE; EPITOPE; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL ENZYME; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; SUCROSE SYNTHASE; TRISACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MUNG BEAN; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY; PICHIA PASTORIS; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; DNA PRIMERS; EPITOPES; FABACEAE; GALACTOSIDES; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; PICHIA; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; UDPGLUCOSE 4-EPIMERASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PICHIA; PICHIA PASTORIS; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VIGNA; VIGNA RADIATA VAR. RADIATA;

EID: 0141482140     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.9.5238-5242.2003     Document Type: Article

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