Browsing by Author "Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer"
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Baeza Cancino, Marcelo; Barahona, Salvador; Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer; Cifuentes Guzmán, Víctor (Frontiers Media, 2017)In cold environments such as polar regions, microorganisms play important ecological roles, and most of our knowledge about them comes from studies of cultivable microorganisms. Metagenomic technologies are powerful tools ...
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Gutiérrez Gutiérrez, María Soledad (Universidad de Chile, 2019-01)Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous es una levadura basidiomicete que sintetiza carotenoides, siendo el principal de ellos astaxantina. Esta característica la hace de gran interés comercial y objeto de numerosos estudios; sin ...
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Castelblanco Matiz, Lina; Barbachano Torres, Alejandra; Ponce Noyola, Teresa; Ramos Valdivia, Ana; Cerda García‑Rojas, Carlos; Flores Ortiz, César; Barahona Crisóstomo, Salvador; Baeza Cancino, Marcelo; Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer; Cifuentes Guzmán, Víctor (Springer Verlag, 2015)© 2015, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. The primary carotenoid synthesized by Xanthophyllomycesdendrorhous is astaxanthin, which is used as a feed additive in aquaculture. Cell growth kinetics and carotenoid production ...
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Castelblanco Matiz, Lina; Barbachano Torres, Alejandra; Ponce Noyola, Teresa; Ramos Valdivia, Ana; Cerda García‑Rojas, Carlos; Flores Ortiz, César; Barahona Crisóstomo, Salvador; Baeza Cancino, Marcelo; Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer; Cifuentes Guzmán, Víctor (Springer, 2015)The primary carotenoid synthesized by Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous is astaxanthin, which is used as a feed additive in aquaculture. Cell growth kinetics and carotenoid production were correlated with the mRNA levels of ...
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Flores, Oriana; Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer; Fernández Lobato, María; Cifuentes Guzmán, Víctor; Baeza Cancino, Marcelo (Springer, 2015)Two dsRNAs of estimated lengths of 5 (L1) and 3.7 (L2) kpb are commonly found in strains of the basidiomycetous yeast Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous, and the presence of virus-like particles (VLPs) have been described in ...
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Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer; Barahona‑Crisóstomo, Salvador; Carmona, Marisela; Lozano, Carla; Marcoleta, Andrés; Niklitschek, Mauricio; Sepúlveda, Dionisia; Baeza Cancino, Marcelo; Cifuentes Guzmán, Víctor (BIOMED CENTRAL LTD, 2008-10-06)Background: The yeast Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous synthesizes astaxanthin, a carotenoid with high commercial interest. The proposed biosynthetic route in this organism is isopentenylpyrophosphate (IPP) -> geranyleranyl ...
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Baeza Cancino, Marcelo; Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer; Barahona‑Crisóstomo, Salvador; Sepúlveda, Dionisia; Cifuentes Guzmán, Víctor (BioMed Central, 2015)Background Synonymous codons are used differentially in organisms from the three domains of life, a phenomenon referred to as codon usage bias. In addition, codon pair bias, particularly in the 3’ codon context, has also ...
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Carrasco, Mario; Rozas, Juan Manuel; Barahona, Salvador; Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer; Cifuentes Guzmán, Víctor; Baeza Cancino, Marcelo (2012)Background: Antarctica has been successfully colonized by microorganisms despite presenting adverse conditions for life such as low temperatures, high solar radiation, low nutrient availability and dryness. Although these ...
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Kessi Pérez, Eduardo Ignacio (Universidad de Chile, 2019-04)Saccharomyces cerevisiae es la principal especie responsable de la producción de vino. Un problema importante durante el proceso de vinificación son las fermentaciones estancadas debido a la deficiencia de nitrógeno en el ...
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Loto, Iris; Gutiérrez, María Soledad; Barahona, Salvador; Sepúlveda, Dionisia; Martínez Moya, Pilar; Baeza Cancino, Marcelo; Cifuentes Guzmán, Víctor; Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer (2012)Background: Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous is a basidiomycetous yeast that synthesizes astaxanthin, which is a carotenoid with a great biotechnological impact. The ergosterol and carotenoid synthesis pathways are derived ...
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Estudio y caracterización del gen OFD1 de la levadura carotenogénica Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous Gárate Castro, Carla Solange (Universidad de Chile, 2017)Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous es una levadura basidiomicete que sintetiza astaxantina, un carotenoide de interés biotecnológico. La síntesis de este pigmento se produce a partir de metabolitos de la ruta del mevalonato, ...
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Lodato, Patricia; Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer; Barahona‑Crisóstomo, Salvador; Niklitschek, Mauricio; Carmona, M.; Wozniak, A.; Baeza Paredes, Mauricio; Jiménez, A.; Cifuentes Guzmán, Víctor (2007)In the yeast Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous the genes idi, crtE, crtYB, crtI and ast are involved in the biosynthesis of astaxanthin from isopentenyl pyrophosphate. The carotenoid production and the kinetics of mRNA expression ...
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Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer; Romero, Ignacio; Niklitschek, Mauricio; Sepúveda, Dionisia; Rojas Garrido, María Cecilia; Baeza Cancino, Marcelo; Cifuentes Guzmán, Víctor (PLOS One, 2014)The yeast Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous synthesizes the carotenoid astaxanthin, which has applications in biotechnology because of its antioxidant and pigmentation properties. However, wild-type strains produce too low ...
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Niklitschek, Mauricio; Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer; Barahona‑Crisóstomo, Salvador; Sepúlveda, Dionisia; Lozano, Carla; Carmona, Marisela; Marcoleta, Andrés; Martínez, Claudio; Lodato, Patricia; Baeza Cancino, Marcelo; Cifuentes Guzmán, Víctor (Sociedad de Biología de Chile, 2008-05-05)The cloning and nucleotide sequence of the genes (idi, crtE, crtYB, crtI and crtS) controlling the astaxanthin biosynthesis pathway of the wild-type ATCC 24230 strain of Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous in their genomic and ...
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Marcoleta, Andrés; Niklitschek, Mauricio; Wozniak, Aniela; Lozano, Carla; Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer; Baeza Cancino, Marcelo; Cifuentes Guzmán, Víctor (2011)Background: The yeast Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous is one of the most promising and economically attractive natural sources of astaxanthin. The biosynthesis of this valuable carotenoid is a complex process for which the ...
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Barahona, Salvador; Yuivar, Yassef; Socias, Gabriel; Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer; Cifuentes Guzmán, Víctor; Baeza Cancino, Marcelo (Springer Tokyo, 2016)© 2016, Springer Japan. The study of the yeasts that inhabit cold environments, such as Antarctica, is an active field of investigation oriented toward understanding their ecological roles in these ecosystems. In a great ...
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Troncoso, Evelin; Barahona, Salvador; Carrasco, Mario; Villarreal, Pablo; Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer; Cifuentes Guzmán, Víctor; Baeza Cancino, Marcelo (Springer Verlag, 2017)© 2016, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Antarctica is considered one of the most extreme environments on Earth because of its low temperatures, dryness, high incidence of solar radiation and low nutrient availability. ...
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Leiva, Kritsye; Werner, Nicole; Sepúlveda, Dionisia; Barahona‑Crisóstomo, Salvador; Baeza Cancino, Marcelo; Cifuentes Guzmán, Víctor; Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer (BioMed Central, 2015)Background: Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous is a basidiomycetous yeast that synthesizes astaxanthin, a carotenoid with great biotechnological impact. The ergosterol and carotenoid synthetic pathways derive from the ...
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Contreras, Gabriela; Barahona, Salvador; Rojas, María C.; Baeza Cancino, Marcelo; Cifuentes Guzmán, Víctor; Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer (2013)Background: Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous is a basidiomycetous yeast that is relevant to biotechnology, as it can synthesize the carotenoid astaxanthin. However, the astaxanthin levels produced by wild-type strains are ...
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Alcaíno Gorman, Jennifer; Fuentealba, Matías; Cabrera Paucar, Ricardo; Baeza Cancino, Marcelo; Cifuentes Guzmán, Víctor (2012)Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous is a natural source of astaxanthin, a carotenoid widely used in the food industry. In this yeast, astaxanthin is synthesized from β-carotene by a cytochrome P450, CrtS, which depends on CrtR, ...