The effect of rapamycin on biodiesel-producing protist euglena gracilis

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1223-1229

  Mukaida, Shiho ^a   Ogawa, Takumi ^b   Ohishi, Kazuko ^a   Tanizawa, Yasuhiro ^a,c   Ohta, Daisaku ^b   Arita, Masanori ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d Elements Chemistry Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Chlamydomonas; Cyanidioschyzon; Euglena; Rapamycin

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOFUELS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHLOROPHYLL; LIPIDS; MAMMALS;

CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENTS; CYANIDIOSCHYZON; EUGLENA; FATTY ACID COMPOSITION; FATTY ACID ELONGASE; RAPAMYCIN;

FATTY ACIDS;

ACETAMIDE DERIVATIVE; ACYLTRANSFERASE; BIOFUEL; CHLOROPHYLL; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID ELONGASES; FOE 5043; ISOXAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PYROXASULFONE; RAPAMYCIN; SULFONE; THIADIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

AGONISTS; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; AUTOPHAGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; DRUG EFFECTS; EUGLENA GRACILIS; METABOLISM; RED ALGA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACETAMIDES; ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AUTOPHAGY; BIOFUELS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYLL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EUGLENA GRACILIS; FATTY ACIDS; ISOXAZOLES; RHODOPHYTA; SIROLIMUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SULFONES; THIADIAZOLES;

EID: 84975031819     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2016.1141040     Document Type: Article

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