Production of phycocyanin - A pigment with applications in biology, biotechnology, foods and medicine

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-14

  Eriksen, Niels T ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arthrospira platensis; Galdieria sulphuraria; Heterotrophic; Nutraceutical; Photoautotrophic; Recombinant

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; BINDING ENERGY; BINDING SITES; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL CULTURE; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL STABILITY; CHEMICALS; CHROMOPHORES; COMPLEXATION; EXTRACTION; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEALTH; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; WELL STIMULATION;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; (PL) PROPERTIES; ANTI-OXIDANT PROPERTIES; ANTIOXIDATIVE PROPERTIES; AQUEOUS EXTRACTION; BLUE PIGMENTS; C-PHYCOCYANIN (C-PC); CULTURES (TRADITIONAL); CYANOBACTERIUM; FLUORESCENT DYES; FUSION PROTEINS; GALDIERIA SULPHURARIA; HEALTH BENEFITS; HEALTH FOODS; HIGH CELL DENSITIES; MECHANISTIC HYPOTHESIS; PC SYNTHESIS; PHYCOCYANIN; PHYCOCYANOBILIN; PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PURIFICATION PROTOCOLS; SPIRULINA (ARTHROSPIRA) PLATENSIS; SPRINGER (CO); STABILISATION;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ANTIOXIDANT; BILIRUBIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PHYCOCYANIN;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOLOGY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CYANOBACTERIUM; FOOD PRODUCTION; HETEROTROPHY; MEDICINE; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PIGMENT; RECOMBINATION; RED ALGA;

BINDING SITE; BIOLOGY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHROMATOPHORE; EXTRACTION; FOOD; GALDIERIA SULPHURARIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICINE; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RED ALGA; SHORT SURVEY; SYNTHESIS;

ALGAE, RED; ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CYANOBACTERIA; DRUG INDUSTRY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; PHYCOBILIPROTEINS; PHYCOCYANIN;

ARTHROSPIRA PLATENSIS; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; GALDIERIA SULPHURARIA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 45149095750     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-008-1542-y     Document Type: Short Survey

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