Progress on molecular breeding and metabolic engineering of biosynthesis pathways of C30, C35, C40, C45, C50 carotenoids

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 211-222

  Wang, Fei ^a   Jiang, Jian Guo ^a   Chen, Qian ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Constructed pathways; CrtM; Extended pathways; Natural carotenoids; Unnatural carotenoids

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOTOOXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CONSTRUCTED PATHWAYS; CRTM; EXTENDED PATHWAYS; NATURAL CAROTENOIDS; UNNATURAL CAROTENOIDS;

HYDROCARBONS;

CAROTENOID;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CAROTENOID; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ENZYME; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DNA SHUFFLING; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CAROTENOIDS; DNA SHUFFLING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33947681320     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2006.12.001     Document Type: Review

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