A synthetic biology approach to transform Yarrowia lipolytica into a competitive biotechnological producer of β-carotene

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 464-472

  Larroude, Macarena ^a   Celinska, Ewelina ^b   Back, Alexandre ^a   Thomas, Stephan ^a   Nicaud, Jean Marc ^a   Ledesma Amaro, Rodrigo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

golden gate; metabolic engineering; promoter shuffling; synthetic biology; Yarrowia lipolytica; carotene

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CONCOMITANT PRODUCTION; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; FED-BATCH FERMENTATION; GOLDEN GATE; PROMOTER SHUFFLING; TRANSCRIPTIONAL UNITS; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

BETA CAROTENE; DNA; GLUCOSE; LIPID;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; FED BATCH FERMENTATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; YARROWIA;

BETA CAROTENE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; YARROWIA;

EID: 85032981221     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.26473     Document Type: Article

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