Production of lipid compounds in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 635-646

  Veen, M ^a,b   Lang, C ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Organobalance GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; STEROID HORMONE; STEROL;

YEAST;

BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DNA MODIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME RECONSTITUTION; ESTERIFICATION; FUNGAL METABOLISM; GENE ACTIVITY; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOGENESIS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SHORT SURVEY; STEROIDOGENESIS; STEROL SYNTHESIS; YEAST;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FERMENTATION; LIPIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STEROLS;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 1542329068     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-003-1456-7     Document Type: Short Survey

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