Pathway engineering strategies for production of beneficial carotenoids in microbial hosts

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1405-1414

  Ye, Victor M ^a   Bhatia, Sujata K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotene; Astaxanthin; Carotenoid; Lycopene; Metabolic engineering; Zeaxanthin

Indexed keywords

ASTAXANTHIN; CANTHAXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; CAROTENOID BIOSYNTHESIS; CAROTENOID PRODUCTION; COMPLEX PROCESSES; EXPRESSION LEVELS; HEALTH BENEFITS; HUMAN HEALTH; LYCOPENES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING APPROACH; VITAMIN A; ZEAXANTHIN;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

PIGMENTS;

CAROTENOID;

BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; FUNGUS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; CAROTENOIDS; FUNGI; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84864383168     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-012-0921-8     Document Type: Review

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