Enhancement of carotenoid production by disrupting the C22-sterol desaturase gene (CYP61) in Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Loto, Iris ^a   Gutiérrez, María Soledad ^a   Barahona, Salvador ^a   Sepúlveda, Dionisia ^a   Martínez Moya, Pilar ^a   Baeza, Marcelo ^a   Cifuentes, Víctor ^a   Alcaíno, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Astaxanthin; Cytochrome P450; Ergosterol; Sterol C22 sterol desaturase; Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CAROTENOID; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 61; ERGOSTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE (NADPH); MEVALONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; XANTHOPHYLLOMYCES DENDRORHOUS;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CAROTENOIDS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DNA, FUNGAL; ERGOSTEROL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

FUNGI; XANTHOPHYLLOMYCES DENDRORHOUS;

EID: 84867527941     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-12-235     Document Type: Article

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