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メタボリックエンジニアリングによる酵母からメオシス活性化ステロルの生産

Ran Xu1, William K Wilson, Seiichi P T Matsuda

  • 1Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA.

Journal of the American Chemical Society
|February 7, 2002
PubMed
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メタボリックエンジニアリングによる酵母は,現在,メオシス活性化ステロール (MAS) を効率的に生産しており,これは生殖の重要な調節因子です. この画期的な発見は,MASを得るために難しい化学合成または自然分離方法の実行可能な代替案を提供します.

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