Isolation and characterization of two squalene epoxidase genes from Botryococcus braunii, race B.

The B race of the green microalga Botryococcus braunii produces triterpene hydrocarbons, botryococcenes and methylsqualenes that can be processed into jet fuels with high heating values. In this alga, squalene is also converted into membrane sterols after 2,3-epoxidation. In the present study, cDNA...

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Main Authors: Hidenobu Uchida, Koremitsu Sumimoto, Victor Marco Emmanuel Ferriols, Kenji Imou, Kiyotaka Saga, Kenichi Furuhashi, Shigeki Matsunaga, Shigeru Okada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0122649