Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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24466 | Journal of Biotechnology | 2009 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
A filamentous fungus, Mortierella alpina 1S-4, was obtained, through extensive screening, as an potential producer of triacylglycerol containing C20 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) such as arachidonic acid. With this discovery as a starting point, we conducted employing methods from metabolic engineering and molecular biology for controlling cultures and breeding mutant strains. These parental and mutant strains are now used for large-scale production of a variety of PUFAs.
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Authors
Eiji Sakuradani, Sakayu Shimizu,