Engineering of Yarrowia lipolytica for production of astaxanthin

Astaxanthin is a red-colored carotenoid, used as food and feed additive. Astaxanthin is mainly produced by chemical synthesis, however, the process is expensive and synthetic astaxanthin is not approved for human consumption. In this study, we engineered the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica for...

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Main Authors: Kanchana Rueksomtawin Kildegaard, Belén Adiego-Pérez, David Doménech Belda, Jaspreet Kaur Khangura, Carina Holkenbrink, Irina Borodina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2017-12-01
Series:Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405805X1730090X