Analysis of mating-dependent transcription of Blakeslea trispora carotenoid biosynthesis genes carB and carRA by quantitative real-time PCR

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 549-555

  Schmidt, André D ^a   Heinekamp, Thorsten ^a   Matuschek, Markus ^b   Liebmann, Burghard ^b   Bollschweiler, Claus ^b   Brakhage, Axel A ^a  

^a HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENETIC ENGINEERING; ORGANIC ACIDS; RNA; STRAIN;

CAROTENE PRODUCTION; MATING; MATING-DEPENDENT TRANSCRIPTION; TRISPORIC ACID;

GENES;

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; ELONGATION FACTOR; LYCOPENE; MESSENGER RNA; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHEROMONE;

FUNGUS;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COSMID; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; GENE CARA; GENE CARB; MATING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; STEADY STATE;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; BETA CAROTENE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA, FUNGAL; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENOMIC LIBRARY; INTRAMOLECULAR LYASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUCORALES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BLAKESLEA TRISPORA; FUNGI;

EID: 21344432352     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-005-1941-2     Document Type: Article

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