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Enhancement of astaxanthin production in Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous by efficient method for the complete deletion of genes

BACKGROUND: Red yeast, Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous is the only yeast known to produce astaxanthin, an anti-oxidant isoprenoid (carotenoid) widely used in the aquaculture, food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. The potential of this microorganism as a platform cell factory for isoprenoid pro...

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Autores principales: Yamamoto, Keisuke, Hara, Kiyotaka Y., Morita, Toshihiko, Nishimura, Akira, Sasaki, Daisuke, Ishii, Jun, Ogino, Chiaki, Kizaki, Noriyuki, Kondo, Akihiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5022159/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27624332
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12934-016-0556-x