Effects of the principal nutrients on lovastatin production by Monascus pilosus

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1154-1159

  Miyake, Tsuyoshi ^a   Uchitomi, Kumiko ^b   Zhang, Ming Yong ^a,c   Kono, Isato ^a   Nozaki, Nobuyuki ^a   Sammoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Inagaki, Kenji ^b  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY CENTER OF OKAYAMA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon and nitrogen sources; Lovastatin; Monascus pilosus; Mutant MK 1; Production

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; MICROORGANISMS; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEINS; SUBSTRATES;

CARBON AND NITROGEN SOURCES; LOVASTATIN; MONASCUS PILOSUS; MUTANT MK-1;

NUTRITION;

CARBON; GLUCOSE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; MEVINOLIN; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MONASCUS; MUTATION;

CARBON; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; GLUCOSE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; LOVASTATIN; MONASCUS; MUTATION; NITROGEN;

MONASCUS; MONASCUS PILOSUS;

EID: 33646764609     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.70.1154     Document Type: Article

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