Improved β-carotene biosynthesis and gene transcription in Blakeslea trispora with arachidonic acid

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2107-2111

  Hu, Xianmei ^a   Sun, Jie ^a   Yuan, Qipeng ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carotene; Arachidonic acid; carB; carRA; hmgR

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; BLAKESLEA TRISPORA; CARB; CAROTENE PRODUCTION; CARRA; GENE TRANSCRIPTIONS; HMGR; TRANSCRIPTIONAL LEVELS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENES; UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

TRANSCRIPTION;

ARACHIDONIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUCORALES; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARACHIDONIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CULTURE MEDIA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MUCORALES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

BLAKESLEA TRISPORA;

EID: 84867099875     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-012-1015-3     Document Type: Article

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