Metabolic engineering for the microbial production of marine bioactive compounds

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1004-1021

  Mao, Xiangzhao ^a,b   Liu, Zhen ^b   Sun, Jianan ^b   Lee, Sang Yup ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Astaxanthin; Docosahexaenoic acid; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Marine bioactive compounds; Marine natural drugs; Metabolic engineering; Omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids; Squalene; Terpenoids

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; FATTY ACIDS; LIPIDS; METABOLISM; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS; UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

ASTAXANTHIN; BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; MARINE NATURAL DRUGS; OMEGA-3 POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS; SQUALENE; TERPENOIDS;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

BIOACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CAROTENOID; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; EXTRACTION METHOD; FATTY ACID; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; TERPENE;

ASTAXANTHIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; SQUALENE; TERPENE; XANTHOPHYLL;

ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; FISH; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; MICROALGA; SPONGE (PORIFERA);

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FISHES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MICROALGAE; PORIFERA; SQUALENE; TERPENES; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 85014599387     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2017.03.001     Document Type: Review

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