Observations on squalene accumulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae due to the manipulation of HMG2 and ERG6

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 699-707

  Mantzouridou, Fani ^a   Tsimidou, Maria Z ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

ERG6 deletion; Hmg2p mutant protein; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; squalene accumulation capacity

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXY 3 METHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A; ERG6 PROTEIN; ERGOSTEROL; GALACTOSE; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP B2 PROTEIN; HMG2P; LANOSTEROL; OXYGENASE; SQUALENE; STEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL VIABILITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; EXTRACTION; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE DELETION; GENE STRUCTURE; MUTATION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AEROBIOSIS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANAEROBIOSIS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; LANOSTEROL; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SQUALENE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 77955796740     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2010.00645.x     Document Type: Article

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