Tracking the sterol biosynthesis pathway of the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum

New Phytologist

Volumn 204, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 521-535

  Fabris, Michele ^a,b   Matthijs, Michiel ^a,b   Carbonelle, Sophie ^a,b   Moses, Tessa ^a,b   Pollier, Jacob ^a,b   Dasseville, Renaat ^b   Baart, Gino J E ^a,b   Vyverman, Wim ^b   Goossens, Alain ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Phaeodactylum tricornutum; Chimeric pathway; Diatom; Fusion enzymes; Isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase; Oxidosqualene cyclase; Squalene epoxidase; Sterol biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM;

MEVALONIC ACID; STEROL;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIATOM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIATOMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MEVALONIC ACID; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STEROLS;

EID: 84908079606     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12917     Document Type: Article

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