A metagenomic approach to the identification of UDP-glucose 4-epimerase as a menadione resistance protein

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1611-1614

  Mori, Toshio ^a   Suenaga, Hikaru ^a   Miyazaki, Kentaro ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Menadione; Metagenome; Quinone; Reactive oxygen species; UDP glucose 4 epimerase

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; OXYGEN; POLYSACCHARIDES; STABILIZERS (AGENTS);

LIPOPHILIC (LP); LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES (LPS); REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES (ROS); RESISTANCE GENES; TOXIC AGENTS; UDP-GLUCOSE;

GLUCOSE;

MENADIONE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE 4 EPIMERASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; UDPGLUCOSE 4-EPIMERASE; VITAMIN K 3;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 45849100455     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.70815     Document Type: Article

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