Increase in the astaxanthin synthase gene (crtS) dose by in vivo DNA fragment assembly in Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Contreras, Gabriela ^a   Barahona, Salvador ^a   Rojas, María C ^a   Baeza, Marcelo ^a   Cifuentes, Víctor ^a   Alcaíno, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Astaxanthin synthase; DNA assembler; Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT ASSEMBLIES; GENETIC MODIFICATIONS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR TOOLS; SYNTHASE GENE; SYNTHASES; WILD-TYPE STRAIN; XANTHOPHYLLOMYCES DENDRORHOUS;

GENE ENCODING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PIGMENTS; YEAST;

DNA;

ASTAXANTHIN; ASTAXANTHIN SYNTHASE; DNA FRAGMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENOME; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; XANTHOPHYLLOMYCES DENDRORHOUS; YEAST;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; XANTHOPHYLLOMYCES DENDRORHOUS;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIGASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 84885049086     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-13-84     Document Type: Article

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