Production of pure β-glucan by Aureobasidium pullulans after pullulan synthetase gene disruption

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 137-142

  Kang, Byung Kwan ^a   Yang, Hee Jong ^a   Choi, Nack Shick ^a   Ahn, Keug Hyun ^a   Park, Chan Sun ^a   Yoon, Byung Dae ^a   Kim, Min Soo ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aureobasidium pullulans; Homologous recombination; Pullulan; Glucan

Indexed keywords

GENES;

AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES; FERMENTATION KINETICS; GENE DISRUPTIONS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; PULLULANS; SUBSTRATE UPTAKE; WILD-TYPE STRAIN;

SUBSTRATES;

AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS;

EID: 72249096921     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-009-0127-x     Document Type: Article

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