Bio-crude transcriptomics: Gene discovery and metabolic network reconstruction for the biosynthesis of the terpenome of the hydrocarbon oil-producing green alga, Botryococcus braunii race B (Showa)*

Umen J(2003)Enzyme mechanisms for sterol C-methylations Phytochemistry 64 75-1118

Nedelcu AM(1986)Biosynthesis of triterpenoid hydrocarbons in the B-race of the green algaBotryococcus braunii. Sites on production and nature of the methylating agent Phytochemistry 26 129-8559

Hallmann A(1998)Two families of sterol methyltransferases are involved in the first and the second methylation steps of plant sterol biosynthesis Eur J Biochem 256 88-308

Miller SM(1997)Braunixanthins 1 and 2, new carotenoids from the green microalga Botryococcus braunii Tetrahedron 53 11307-1115

Nishii I(2005)Cholesterol and plants J Chem Educ 82 1791-1068

Ferris P(1990)Structure and chemistry of a new chemical race of Botryococcus braunii (Chlorophyceae) that produces lycopadiene, a tetraterpenoid hydrocarbon J Phycol 26 258-837

Kuo A(2010)Hydrocarbon phenotyping of algal species using pyrolysis-gas chromatography mass spectrometry BMC Biotechnol 10 40-1566

Mitros T(2010)Functional characterization of the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii ERG3 ortholog, a gene involved in the biosynthesis of ergosterol PLoS One 5 e8659-78

Fritz-Laylin LK(1989)Aldehydes, very long chain alkenylphenols, epoxides and other lipids from an alkadiene-producing strain of Botryococcus braunii Phytochemistry 28 2097-131

Kroth PG(2010)Xanthophylls as modulators of membrane protein function Arch Biochem Biophys 504 78-R373

Umen J(2003)Enzyme mechanisms for sterol C-methylations Phytochemistry 64 75-1118

Nedelcu AM(1986)Biosynthesis of triterpenoid hydrocarbons in the B-race of the green algaBotryococcus braunii. Sites on production and nature of the methylating agent Phytochemistry 26 129-8559

Hallmann A(1998)Two families of sterol methyltransferases are involved in the first and the second methylation steps of plant sterol biosynthesis Eur J Biochem 256 88-308

Miller SM(1997)Braunixanthins 1 and 2, new carotenoids from the green microalga Botryococcus braunii Tetrahedron 53 11307-1115

Nishii I(2005)Cholesterol and plants J Chem Educ 82 1791-1068

Ferris P(1990)Structure and chemistry of a new chemical race of Botryococcus braunii (Chlorophyceae) that produces lycopadiene, a tetraterpenoid hydrocarbon J Phycol 26 258-837

Kuo A(2010)Hydrocarbon phenotyping of algal species using pyrolysis-gas chromatography mass spectrometry BMC Biotechnol 10 40-1566

Mitros T(2010)Functional characterization of the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii ERG3 ortholog, a gene involved in the biosynthesis of ergosterol PLoS One 5 e8659-78

Fritz-Laylin LK(1989)Aldehydes, very long chain alkenylphenols, epoxides and other lipids from an alkadiene-producing strain of Botryococcus braunii Phytochemistry 28 2097-131

Kroth PG(2010)Xanthophylls as modulators of membrane protein function Arch Biochem Biophys 504 78-R373