Cholesterol degradation by Gordonia cholesterolivorans

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 4802-4810

  Drzyzga, O ^a   de las Heras, L Fernández ^a   Morales, V ^b   Llorens, J M Navarro ^a   Perera, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4-ANDROSTENE-3 ,17-DIONE; CHOLESTEROL OXIDASE; CHOLIC ACIDS; CLASS I; COMMON FEATURES; GENE DISRUPTIONS; GENETIC DATA; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENOMIC FRAGMENTS; GORDONIA; MUTANT STRAIN; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PYROSEQUENCING; RHODOCOCCUS; SIDE-CHAINS;

ALCOHOLS; BACTERIA; DEGRADATION; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; GENES; LIPIDS; TRANSCRIPTION;

CHOLESTEROL;

BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON; CHOLEST 4 EN 3 ONE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL OXIDASE; ERGOSTEROL; STIGMASTEROL;

BACTERIUM; CARBON; DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVERGREEN TREE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; MUTATION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GORDONIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON; CHOLESTENONES; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL OXIDASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DNA, BACTERIAL; ERGOSTEROL; GORDONIA BACTERIUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STIGMASTEROL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GORDONIA BRONCHIALIS; GORDONIA HYDROPHOBICA; GORDONIA SIHWENSIS; RHODOCOCCUS;

EID: 79961044567     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05149-11     Document Type: Article

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