Characterization and detection of a widely distributed gene cluster that predicts anaerobic choline utilization by human gut bacteria

mBio

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Martínez del Campo, Ana ^a   Bodea, Smaranda ^a   Hamer, Hilary A ^a   Marks, Jonathan A ^a   Haiser, Henry J ^b   Turnbaugh, Peter J ^c   Balskusa, Emily P ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS INSTITUTES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CHOLINE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUT GENE; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; CHOLINE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METAGENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84928820610     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00042-15     Document Type: Article

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