Carotenoids and carotenogenic genes in Podospora anserina: Engineering of the carotenoid composition extends the life span of the mycelium

Current Genetics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-184

  Strobel, Ingmar ^a   Breitenbach, Jürgen ^a   Scheckhuber, Christian Q ^a   Osiewacz, Heinz D ^a   Sandmann, Gerhard ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ageing protection; al Genes; Carotenoid biosynthesis; Metabolic engineering; Neurosporaxanthin

Indexed keywords

4' APO GAMMA CAROTENE 4' AL; 7,8 DIHYDRO BETA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; BETA ZEACAROTENE; CAROTENOID; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GAMMA CAROTENE; LYCOPENE; NEUROSPORAXANTHIN; NEUROSPORIN; PHYTOENE; TORULENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; FUNGAL LIFE CYCLE STAGE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SYNTHESIS; LIFESPAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PODOSPORA ANSERINA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

CAROTENOIDS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PODOSPORA; TRANSGENES;

FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PODOSPORA ANSERINA;

EID: 67349270292     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-009-0235-0     Document Type: Review

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