Quantification of butyryl CoA:acetate CoA-transferase genes reveals different butyrate production capacity in individuals according to diet and age

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 316, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 130-135

  Hippe, Berit ^a   Zwielehner, Jutta ^a   Liszt, Kathrin ^a   Lassl, Cornelia ^a   Unger, Frank ^b   Haslberger, Alexander G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmaceutics ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Butyric acid; Elderly; Gut microbiota; Nutrition; QPCR; Vegetarian

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; BUTYRYL COENZYME A:ACETATE COENZYME A TRANSFERASE; ENZYME; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; CLOSTRIDIUM; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIET; ENZYME DENATURATION; EPIGENETICS; EUBACTERIUM; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DOSAGE; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTERVIEW; INTESTINE FLORA; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; NUTRITION; OMNIVORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VEGETARIAN;

ACYL COENZYME A; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BUTYRATES; CLOSTRIDIUM; COENZYME A-TRANSFERASES; DIET; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

CLOSTRIDIUM;

EID: 79951769489     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02197.x     Document Type: Letter

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