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Metabolic engineering of the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway in the yeast Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous (Phaffia rhodozyma).
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jul 2003
Verdoes Jan C, Sandmann Gerhard, Visser Hans, Diaz Maria, van Mossel Minca, van Ooyen Albert J J
Abstract excerpt
The crtYB locus was used as an integrative platform for the construction of specific carotenoid biosynthetic mutants in the astaxanthin-producing yeast Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous. The crtYB gene of X. dendrorhous, encoding a chimeric carotenoid biosynthetic enzyme, could be inactivated by both single and double crossover events, resulting in non-carotenoid-producing transformants. In addition, the crtYB gene,...
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