Isolation and characterization of phytoene desaturase cDNA involved in the β-carotene biosynthetic pathway in Dunaliella salina

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 5593-5597

  Zhu, Yue Hui ^a   Jiang, Jian Guo ^a   Yan, Yuan ^a   Chen, Xing Wen ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

carotene biosynthesis; Dunaliella salina; Phytoene desaturase cDNA; SMART technology

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHYTOENE; PHYTOENE DEHYDROGENASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALGAE, GREEN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIUM (GENUS); DUNALIELLA BARDAWIL; DUNALIELLA SALINA; EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI;

EID: 22544468821     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0506838     Document Type: Article

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