Concomitant NH+4 Secretion During Astaxanthin Synthesis in Haematococcus pluvialis Under High Irradiance and Nitrogen Deficient Conditions* * Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.20536040) and the Natural Project of Key Fundamental Research (2003CB716003, 2007CB707802).

Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 162-166

  DONG, Qinglin ^a,b   ZHAO, Xueming ^a   XING, Xiangying ^b   HU, Jianzhong ^a   GONG, Jixian ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

ammonium; asparagine; astaxanthin; endopeptidase; Haematococcus pluvialis; protein degradation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; DEGRADATION; DETOXIFICATION; NITROGEN;

ENDOPEPTIDASE; HAEMATOCOCCUS PLUVIALIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

PROTEINS;

BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; DEGRADATION; DETOXIFICATION; NITROGEN; PROTEINS;

EID: 34248168710     PISSN: 10049541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1004-9541(07)60052-4     Document Type: Article

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