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SUBMITTER: Kadono T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4557025 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kadono Takashi T Kira Nozomu N Suzuki Kengo K Iwata Osamu O Ohama Takeshi T Okada Shigeru S Nishimura Tomohiro T Akakabe Mai M Tsuda Masashi M Adachi Masao M
Marine drugs 20150820 8
Carotenoids exert beneficial effects on human health through their excellent antioxidant activity. To increase carotenoid productivity in the marine Pennales Phaeodactylum tricornutum, we genetically engineered the phytoene synthase gene (psy) to improve expression because RNA-sequencing analysis has suggested that the expression level of psy is lower than other enzyme-encoding genes that are involved in the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway. We isolated psy from P. tricornutum, and this gene was ...[more]