Metabolic engineering for synthesis of aryl carotenoids in Rhodococcus

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 222-228

  Tao, Luan ^a   Wagner, L Winona ^a   Rouvière, Pierre E ^a   Cheng, Qiong ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERMENTATION; GENES; YEAST;

ARYL CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROBACTENE;

HYDROCARBONS;

1 DEOXYXYLULOSE 5 PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BETA CAROTENE DESATURASE; BETA CAROTENE KETOLASE; CAROTENOID; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLOROBACTENE; FRUCTOSE; PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CAROTENOID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOREACTOR; BREVIBACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE SYNTHESIS; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC RESISTANCE; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; KNOCKOUT GENE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; WILD TYPE; YEAST;

BETA CAROTENE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BREVIBACTERIUM; CAROTENOIDS; CULTURE MEDIA; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; RHODOCOCCUS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACTERIUM; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS;

EID: 33644505160     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-005-0064-0     Document Type: Article

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