Genomic organization of the structural genes controlling the astaxanthin biosynthesis pathway of Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous

Biological Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 93-108

  Niklitschek, Mauricio ^a   Alcaíno, Jennifer ^a   Barahona, Salvador ^a   Sepúlveda, Dionisa ^a   Lozano, Carla ^a   Carmona, Marisela ^a   Marcoleta, Andrés ^a   Martínez, Claudio ^b   Lodato, Patricia ^a   Baeza, Marcelo ^a   Cifuentes, Víctor ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c NONE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Astaxanthin biosynthesis; Phaffia rhodozyma; Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous

Indexed keywords

ASTAXANTHIN; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FARNESYL TRANS TRANSFERASE; GENOMIC DNA; LYCOPENE; MESSENGER RNA; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXON; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; INTRON; MITOTIC RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; RNA SPLICING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURAL GENE; WILD TYPE; XANTHOPHYLLOMYCES DENDRORHOUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PANTOEA ANANATIS; PHAFFIA RHODOZYMA; XANTHOPHYLLOMYCES DENDRORHOUS;

EID: 51449094584     PISSN: 07169760     EISSN: 07176287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-97602008000100011     Document Type: Article

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