Aga1, the first alpha-Galactosidase from the human bacteria Ruminococcus gnavus E1, efficiently transcribed in gut conditions

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-21

  Aguilera, Margarita ^a,b   Rakotoarivonina, Harivony ^a,c   Brutus, Alexandre ^a,d   Giardina, Thierry ^a   Simon, Gwenola ^a,e   Fons, Michel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Alpha Galactosidase; Gut microbiota; Invivo expression; MRNA fingerprints; Ruminococcus gnavus

Indexed keywords

4 NITROPHENYLGALACTOSIDE; AGA1 PROTEIN; ALPHA GALACTOSIDASE; BACTERIAL RNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; HYDROLYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE FLORA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA FINGERPRINTING; RUMINOCOCCUS; RUMINOCOCCUS GNAVUS;

ALPHA-GALACTOSIDASE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; KINETICS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RUMINOCOCCUS;

MUS; RUMINOCOCCUS GNAVUS;

EID: 84855958136     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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