Overexpression of genes of the fatty acid biosynthetic pathway leads to accumulation of sterols in saccharomyces cerevisiae

Yeast

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 371-383

  Shin, Ga Hee ^a,d   Veen, Markus ^c   Stahl, Ulf ^d   Lang, Christine ^b,d  

^a Insilicogen Inc   (South Korea)

^b Organobalance GmbH   (Germany)

^c Focus Ingredients GmbH   (Germany)

^d TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Expression profile; Fatty acid; Pathway interaction; Saccharomyces; Sterol

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; EPISTEROL; ERGOSTEROL; FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; FECOSTEROL; MESSENGER RNA; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PALMITOLEIC ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SPHINGOLIPID; SQUALENE; STEARIC ACID; STEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; ZYMOSTEROL;

ACC1 GENE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERG11 GENE; ERG2 GENE; ERG20 GENE; ERG28 GENE; ERG5 GENE; FAS1 GENE; FAS2 GENE; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HMG1 GENE; LIPOGENESIS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STEROL SYNTHESIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; FATTY ACID SYNTHETASE COMPLEX; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; STEROLS;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84866053199     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: 10970061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/yea.2916     Document Type: Article

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