Gene cluster encoding cholate catabolism in Rhodococcus spp.

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 6712-6719

  Mohn, William W ^a   Wilbrink, Maarten H ^b   Casabon, Israël ^a   Stewart, Gordon R ^a   Liu, Jie ^a   van der Geize, Robert ^b   Eltisa, Lindsay D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 KETOSTEROID 9ALPHA HYDROXYLASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLIC ACID; COENZYME A; GLYCOCHOLIC ACID; PROTEIN RHA 1; TAUROCHOLIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CATABOLISM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; RHODOCOCCUS JOSTII; THERMOMONOSPORA; UPREGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHOLATES; CHOLESTEROL; COENZYME A LIGASES; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLYCOCHOLIC ACID; MULTIGENE FAMILY; RHODOCOCCUS; TAUROCHOLIC ACID; UP-REGULATION;

RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; RHODOCOCCUS JOSTII; RHODOCOCCUS RUBER; THERMOMONOSPORA CURVATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84870678955     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01169-12     Document Type: Article

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