Ruminococcal cellulosome systems from rumen to human

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 3407-3426

  Ben David, Yonit ^a   Dassa, Bareket ^a   Borovok, Ilya ^b   Lamed, Raphael ^b   Koropatkin, Nicole M ^c   Martens, Eric C ^c   White, Bryan A ^d   Bernalier Donadille, Annick ^e   Duncan, Sylvia H ^f   Flint, Harry J ^f   Bayer, Edward A ^a   Moraïs, Sarah ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

^f ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSOME; COHESIN; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; NONHISTONE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RUMEN; RUMINOCOCCUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSOMES; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; RUMEN; RUMINOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84941024989     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12868     Document Type: Article

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