Standardized Markerless Gene Integration for Pathway Engineering in Yarrowia lipolytica

ACS Synthetic Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 402-409

  Schwartz, Cory ^a   Shabbir Hussain, Murtaza ^b   Frogue, Keith ^a   Blenner, Mark ^b   Wheeldon, Ian ^a  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

^b Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

carotenoids; CRISPR Cas9; genome editing; metabolic engineering; standardized genetic tool; synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE; GERANYLGERANYL PYROPHOSPHATE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE; LYCOPENE; PHYTOENE DESATURASE; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAROTENOID;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; DNA END JOINING REPAIR; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKER; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PLASMID; PROCEDURES; YARROWIA;

CAROTENOIDS; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEATS; CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VECTORS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PLASMIDS; YARROWIA;

EID: 85017584772     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21615063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.6b00285     Document Type: Article

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