Isolation and functional identification
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Susumu Kajiwara; Toshihide Kakizono; Toshiko Saito; Keiji Kondo; Takeshi Ohtani;
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Article
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1995
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Springer
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English
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We succeeded in isolating a novel cDNA involved in astaxanthin biosynthesis from the green alga Haematococcuspluvialis, by an expression cloning method using an Escherichia coli transformant as a host that synthesizes r-carotene due to the Erwinia uredovora carotenoid biosynthesis genes. The cloned