Carotenoid biosynthesis in wild type and mutant strains of Mucor circinelloides.

doi:10.1016/0304-4165(95)00169-7

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Carotenoid biosynthesis in wild type and mutant strains of Mucor circinelloides.

Biochimica et biophysica acta - 15 Mar 1996

Fraser P D, Ruiz-Hidalgo M J, Lopez-Matas M A, Alvarez M I, Eslava A P, Bramley P M

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Carotenoid biosynthesis in wild type Mucor circinelloides has been investigated and the biochemical characterisation of the MS1 and MS9 mutant strains, impaired in carotenoid formation, carried out. In liquid cultures, all strains produced carotenoids (mainly beta-carotene, but also xi-carotene,...

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Carotenoids
Mevalonic Acid
Mucor
Mutation
Polyisoprenyl Phosphates

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