Engineering the lycopene synthetic pathway in E. coli by comparison of the carotenoid genes of Pantoea agglomerans and Pantoea ananatis

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 131-139

  Yoon, Sang Hwal ^a   Kim, Ju Eun ^a   Lee, Sook Hee ^a   Park, Hye Min ^a   Choi, Myung Suk ^a   Kim, Jae Yean ^a   Lee, Si Hyoung ^b   Shin, Yong Chul ^a,b   Keasling, Jay D ^c   Kim, Seon Won ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^b Amicogen Inc   (South Korea)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BODY FLUIDS; CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH KINETICS;

CAROTENOID GENES; DIMETHYLALLYL DIPHOSPHATE (DMAPP); LYCOPENE SYNTHETIC PATHWAY; PANTOEA ANANATIS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

CAROTENOID; FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE; FARNESYL TRANS TRANSFERASE; ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE; LYCOPENE; MEVALONIC ACID; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; PYRANOSIDE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CAROTENOID; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; GENE; PROTEIN;

ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PANTOEA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CAROTENOIDS; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FARNESYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MEVALONIC ACID; PANTOEA;

ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PANTOEA ANANATIS;

EID: 33846575117     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-006-0623-z     Document Type: Article

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