Studies on combinatorial biosynthesis of taxadiene in Escherichia coli

Chinese Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 1428-1431

  Wang, Wei ^a   Kong, Jian Qiang ^a   Meng, Chao ^a   Zhu, Ping ^a   Cheng, Ke Di ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

D 1 deoxyxylulose 5 phosphate synthase; Geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase; Isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase; Taxadiene; Taxadiene synthase

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM;

TAXADIENE; TAXADIENE SYNTHASE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; FARNESYL TRANS TRANSFERASE; ISOMERASE; TAXADIENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE VECTOR; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PEPPER; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TAXUS;

EID: 28444493024     PISSN: 10012494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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