Heterologous expression of astaxanthin biosynthesis genes in Mucor circinelloides

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 526-531

  Papp, Tamás ^a,b   Velayos, Antonio ^b   Bartók, Tibor ^c   Eslava, Arturo P ^b   Vágvölgyi, Csaba ^a   Iturriaga, Enrique A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c CEREAL RESEARCH NON PROFIT COMPANY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; GENES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROTEINS;

AGROBACTERIUM AURANTIACUM; BACTERIAL GENES; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSIONS; TRANSCRIPTION PRODUCTS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ASTAXANTHIN; BETA CAROTENE; MACROGOL;

GENE EXPRESSION;

AGROBACTERIUM AURANTIACUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; MUCOR; MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDES; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RHIZOBIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; MUCOR; OXYGENASES; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; XANTHOPHYLLS;

AGROBACTERIUM AURANTIACUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUCOR; MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDES; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 29244432506     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-005-0026-6     Document Type: Article

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