Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for the biosynthesis of astaxanthin
Carotenoids hold great promise due to their numerous health promoting properties. Of the plethora of carotenoids isolated, astaxanthin is one of the most intensively investigated. Astaxanthin can be synthesised by a number of organisms, however these are often not amenable to current industrial prod...
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University of Sheffield
2008
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.489874 |