A discrete genetic locus confers xyloglucan metabolism in select human gut Bacteroidetes

Nature

Volumn 506, Issue 7489, 2014, Pages 498-502

  Larsbrink, Johan ^a   Rogers, Theresa E ^b   Hemsworth, Glyn R ^c   McKee, Lauren S ^a,d   Tauzin, Alexandra S ^e   Spadiut, Oliver ^a,d   Klinter, Stefan ^a   Pudlo, Nicholas A ^b   Urs, Karthik ^b   Koropatkin, Nicole M ^b   Creagh, A Louise ^e   Haynes, Charles A ^e   Kelly, Amelia G ^b   Cederholm, Stefan Nilsson ^a   Davies, Gideon J ^c   Martens, Eric C ^b   Brumer, Harry ^a,e  

^a ALBANOVA UNIVERSITY CENTER   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN; GLYCOSIDASE;

BACTERIUM; DIET; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; FRUIT; GENETIC MARKER; GENOME; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYSACCHARIDE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; PROTEIN; SYMBIONT; VEGETABLE;

ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES OVATUS; CATABOLISM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; METAGENOME; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYMBIONT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTEROIDES; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETIC LOCI; GLUCANS; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HUMANS; METAGENOME; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SYMBIOSIS; XYLANS;

BACTEROIDES OVATUS; BACTEROIDETES;

EID: 84896734943     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12907     Document Type: Article

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