ISOLATION AND PARTIAL CHARACTERIZATION OF A NEW MUTANT FOR STEROL BIOTRANSFORMATION IN MYCOBACTERIUM SP

Authors
PEREZ C PEREZ I HERVE E
Citation
C. Perez et al., ISOLATION AND PARTIAL CHARACTERIZATION OF A NEW MUTANT FOR STEROL BIOTRANSFORMATION IN MYCOBACTERIUM SP, Biotechnology letters, 17(11), 1995, pp. 1241-1246
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Biotechnology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01415492
Volume
17
Issue
11
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1241 - 1246
Database
ISI
SICI code
0141-5492(1995)17:11<1241:IAPCOA>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
A new sterol biotransforming mutant was isolated from NRRL-B3683 Mycob acterium sp, after nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis. The mutant showed an enhanced; ability to biotransform stigmasterol into 17-ketosteroids co mpared with the parental strain.