Redesign, reconstruction, and directed extension of the brevibacterium linens C40 carotenoid pathway in escherichia coli

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 5199-5206

  Kim, Se Hyeuk ^a   Park, Yun Hee ^a   Schmidt Dannert, Claudia ^b   Lee, Pyung Cheon ^a  

^a Ajou University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC RINGS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; BREVIBACTERIUM LINENS; CYCLASES; DESATURASE; HYDROXYL GROUPS; HYDROXYLASES; LYCOPENES; MONOOXYGENASES; PANTOEA; TORULENE; ZEAXANTHIN;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSTS; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAX; LINEN;

PIGMENTS;

CAROTENOID; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; CAROTENOID; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BREVIBACTERIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PANTOEA; RHODOBACTER; PROCEDURES;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; BREVIBACTERIUM; CAROTENOIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; PANTOEA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RHODOBACTER;

BREVIBACTERIUM LINENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PANTOEA; RHODOBACTER;

EID: 77955577538     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00263-10     Document Type: Article

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