Illustrating and enhancing the biosynthesis of astaxanthin and docosahexaenoic acid in Aurantiochytrium sp. SK4

Marine Drugs

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Ye, Jingrun ^a,b   Liu, Mengmeng ^a,b   He, Mingxia ^a   Ye, Ying ^a,b   Huang, Junchao ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Astaxanthin; Aurantiochytrium; Docosahexaenoic acid; Genetic transformation

Indexed keywords

ASTAXANTHIN; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE; GERANYLGERANYL PYROPHOSPHATE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A SYNTHASE; MEVALONATE KINASE; MYRISTIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PHOSPHOMEVALONATE KINASE; TRANSCRIPTOME; XANTHOPHYLL;

ARTICLE; AURANTIOCHYTRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOME SIZE; HMG COA REDUCTASE GENE; HMG COA SYNTHASE GENE; INTRON; LABYRINTHULIDA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLITE; MVA KINASE GENE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PMVA KINASE GENE; PROMOTER REGION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE; BIOSYNTHESIS; EUKARYOTE; GENOME; METABOLISM;

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EUKARYOTA; GENOME; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; TRANSCRIPTOME; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 85059881946     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md17010045     Document Type: Article

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