Dynamic control of ERG9 expression for improved amorpha-4,11-diene production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Yuan, Jifeng ^a   Ching, Chi Bun ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dynamic control; ERG9; Ergosterol responsive promoter; Isoprenoids; Mevalonate pathway; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

AMORPHA 4,11 DIENE; ISOPRENOID; MESSENGER RNA; MEVALONIC ACID; SQUALENE MONOOXYGENASE; SQUALENE SYNTHASE; STEROL 14ALPHA DEMETHYLASE; STEROL DESATURASE; STEROL ISOMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMORPHA-4,11-DIENE; CYTOCHROME P450; ERG11 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; ERG9 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; ERGOSTEROL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SESQUITERPENE;

ARTICLE; DOWN REGULATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMORPHA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; ERGOSTEROL; FARNESYL-DIPHOSPHATE FARNESYLTRANSFERASE; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SESQUITERPENES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84925384452     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12934-015-0220-x     Document Type: Article

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