Pathway engineering of plants toward astaxanthin production

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-99

  Misawa, Norihiko ^a  

^a KIRIN HOLDINGS CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astaxanthin; Carotenoid; Metabolic engineering; Pathway engineering

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEA; DAUCUS CAROTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 66649086266     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.26.93     Document Type: Article

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