Selection of an effective red-pigment producing Monascus pilosus by efficient transformation with aurintricarboxylic acid

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3021-3024

  Chen, Yi Pei ^a   Chen, I Ching ^b   Hwang, Ing Er ^a,b   Yuan, Gwo Fang ^b   Liaw, Li Ling ^b   Tseng, Ching Ping ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FOOD INDUSTRY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aurintricarboxylic acid (ATA); Monascus pilosus; Restriction enzyme mediated integration (REMI)

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

AURINTRICARBOXYLIC ACID (ATA); FILAMENTOUS FUNGUSES; GENETIC TRANSFORMATIONS; MONASCUS PILOSUS; RANDOM MUTAGENESISES; RESTRICTION-ENZYME-MEDIATED INTEGRATION (REMI); TRANSFORMATION EFFICIENCIES;

ACIDS;

AURINTRICARBOXYLIC ACID; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MONASCUS; PIGMENTATION; PLASMID; PROTOPLAST;

ANIMALS; AURINTRICARBOXYLIC ACID; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; HUMANS; MONASCUS; PIGMENTATION; PLASMIDS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROTOPLASTS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

FUNGI; MONASCUS; MONASCUS PILOSUS;

EID: 56749168869     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.80342     Document Type: Article

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