Carotenoid accumulation in bacteria with enhanced supply of isoprenoid precursors by upregulation of exogenous or endogenous pathways

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-84

  Rodríguez Villalón, Antía ^a,b   Pérez Gil, Jordi ^a,b   Rodríguez Concepción, Manuel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Isoprenoids; Metabolic engineering; Methylerythritol 4 phosphate pathway; Mevalonate pathway

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM;

CAROTENOIDS; ISOPRENOIDS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METHYLERYTHRITOL 4-PHOSPHATE PATHWAYS; MEVALONATE PATHWAYS;

PIGMENTS;

DEOXYXYLULOSE 5 PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; LYCOPENE; MEVALONIC ACID; SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UPREGULATION;

CAROTENOIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UP-REGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 43049089374     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2008.02.023     Document Type: Article

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