Disruption of the SCS2 ortholog in the alkane-assimilating yeast Yarrowia lipolytica impairs its growth on n-decane, but does not impair inositol prototrophy

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2219-2223

  Kobayashi, Satoshi ^a   Hirakawa, Kiyoshi ^a   Fukuda, Ryouichi ^a   Ohta, Akinori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkane; SCS2; Yarrowia lipolytica

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; GENE ENCODING; SUGARS; YEAST;

ALKANE; N-DECANE; ORTHOLOG; SCS2; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

PARAFFINS;

ALKANE; INOSITOL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YARROWIA;

ALKANES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; INOSITOL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; YARROWIA;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

EID: 50649122789     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.80230     Document Type: Article

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