Effects of expression of lcb1/lcb2 and lac1/lag1 genes on the biosynthesis of ceramides

Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-6

  Kim, Se Kyung ^a   Noh, Yong Ho ^a   Koo, Ja Ryong ^a   Da Silva, Nancy A ^b   Yun, Hyun Shik ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

^b University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramides; Metabolic engineering; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Sphingolipid synthesis pathway

Indexed keywords

CELL EXTRACTS; CELL-CYCLE ARREST; CERAMIDE SYNTHASE; CERAMIDES; CO-EXPRESSION; HYDROXYLASES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; S.CEREVISIAE; SERINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASES; SPHINGOLIPIDS; SYNTHESIS PATHWAYS;

AMIDES; AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL DEATH; CLONING; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENE EXPRESSION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; YEAST;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION;

2 AMINO 1 HYDROXY 3 OCTADECANONE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CERAMIDE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; MESSENGER RNA; SERINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; SPHINGANINE; SPHINGOSINE ACYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; LAC1 GENE; LAG1 GENE; LCB1 GENE; LCB2 GENE; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPOGENESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SUR2 GENE; TSC10 GENE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84863010980     PISSN: 12268372     EISSN: 19763816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12257-010-0268-8     Document Type: Article

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