Improved lycopene production by Blakeslea trispora with isopentenyl compounds and metabolic precursors

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 849-852

  Shi, Yan qiu ^a   Xin, Xiu lan ^b   Yuan, Qi peng ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Beijing Polytechnic   (China)

Author keywords

Blakeslea trispora; Isopentenyl compounds; Lycopene; Metabolic precursors

Indexed keywords

ALLYL ALCOHOLS; BLAKESLEA TRISPORA; ISOPENTENYL COMPOUNDS; LYCOPENE PRODUCTION; LYCOPENES; METABOLIC PRECURSORS;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS;

METABOLISM;

CAROTENOID; LYCOPENE; PENTANOL;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; METABOLISM; MUCORALES;

CAROTENOIDS; CULTURE MEDIA; MUCORALES; PENTANOLS;

BLAKESLEA TRISPORA;

EID: 84860890323     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-011-0839-6     Document Type: Article

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