Blakeslea trispora genes for carotene biosynthesis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 5589-5594

  Rodriguez Saiz M ^a   Paz, B ^a   De La Fuente, J L ^a   Lopez Nieto M J ^a   Cabri, W ^a   Barredo, J L ^a,b  

^a R and D Biology   (Spain)

^b Avenida de Antibioóticos 59 61   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CLONING; ENZYMES; MUTAGENESIS; STRAIN;

BLAKESLEA TRISPORA; CAROTENE; INTRONS; ZYGOMYCETES;

GENES;

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENE; FUNGAL ENZYME; LYCOPENE CYCLASE; PHYTOENE DEHYDROGENASE; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BLAKESLEA TRISPORA; CARA GENE; CARB GENE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUCOR; MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIGMENTATION; PRODUCT RECOVERY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STOP CODON; WILD TYPE; ZYGOMYCETES;

BASE SEQUENCE; CAROTENOIDS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; GENOMIC LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; ZYGOMYCOTA;

BLAKESLEA TRISPORA; FUNGI; MUCOR; MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDES; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 4644362960     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.9.5589-5594.2004     Document Type: Article

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