Astaxanthin formation in the marine photosynthetic bacterium Rhodovulum sulfidophilum expressing crtI, crtY, crtW and crtZ

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-75

  Mukoyama, Daikichi ^a   Takeyama, Haruko ^a   Kondo, Yutaka ^b   Matsunaga, Tadashi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b YAMAHA MOTOR CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astaxanthin; Carotenoids; Marine photosynthetic bacterium; Metabolic engineering; Rhodovulum sulfidophilum

Indexed keywords

ASTAXANTHIN; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; LYCOPENE; MESYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL MUTAGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOVULUM;

CAROTENOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MUTAGENESIS; OXYGENASES; PARACOCCUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RHODOVULUM; SPHINGOMONADACEAE; XANTHOPHYLLS;

ERYTHROBACTER LONGUS; PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOVULUM SULFIDOPHILUM;

EID: 33750837438     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00471.x     Document Type: Article

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