Strain improvement by overexpression of the laea gene in monascus pilosus for the production of monascus-fermented rice

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 959-965

  Lee, Sang Sub ^a   Lee, Jin Hee ^a   Lee, Inhyung ^a  

^a Kookmin University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Laea; Monacolin k; Monascus pilosus; Monascus fermented rice; Secondary metabolite

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTED PRODUCT; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; LAEA GENE; MONASCUS PILOSUS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; RICE; START CODON;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ASIA; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; LOVASTATIN; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MONASCUS; ORYZA SATIVA; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84880663329     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.1303.03026     Document Type: Article

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