Genome characterization of the oleaginous fungus Mortierella alpina.

Mortierella alpina is an oleaginous fungus which can produce lipids accounting for up to 50% of its dry weight in the form of triacylglycerols. It is used commercially for the production of arachidonic acid. Using a combination of high throughput sequencing and lipid profiling, we have assembled the...

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Main Authors: Lei Wang, Wei Chen, Yun Feng, Yan Ren, Zhennan Gu, Haiqin Chen, Hongchao Wang, Michael J Thomas, Baixi Zhang, Isabelle M Berquin, Yang Li, Jiansheng Wu, Huanxin Zhang, Yuanda Song, Xiang Liu, James S Norris, Suriguga Wang, Peng Du, Junguo Shen, Na Wang, Yanlin Yang, Wei Wang, Lu Feng, Colin Ratledge, Hao Zhang, Yong Q Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3234268?pdf=render