ChoG is the main inducible extracellular cholesterol oxidase of Rhodococcus sp. strain CECT3014

Microbiological Research

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 403-418

  Fernández de las Heras, Laura ^a   Mascaraque, Victoria ^a,b   García Fernández, Esther ^b   Navarro Llorens, Juana María ^a   Perera, Julián ^a   Drzyzga, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Cholesterol oxidase; Rhodococcus; Steroids

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STRAINS; CELLULAR MEMBRANES; CHOLESTEROL OXIDASE; CLASS II; CULTURE SUPERNATANT; DNA FRAGMENT; EXTRACELLULAR CHOLESTEROL OXIDASE; FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION; INDUCED TRANSCRIPTION; MUTANT CELLS; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; RHODOCOCCUS SP; STEROIDS; STRUCTURAL FEATURE;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANES; GENE ENCODING; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION;

CHOLESTEROL;

BACTERIAL DNA; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL OXIDASE;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CATABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; RHODOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL OXIDASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; RHODOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; RHODOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 79959285809     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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