Sterol synthesis in diverse bacteria

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue JUN, 2016, Pages

  Wei, Jeremy H ^a   Yin, Xinchi ^a   Welander, Paula V ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Lipid biosynthesis; Methanotrophs; Myxobacteria; Oxidosqualene cyclase; Planctomycetes; Squalene epoxidase; Sterols

Indexed keywords

24 DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL REDUCTASE; 3 KETO STEROL REDUCTASE; C 24(28) STEROL REDUCTASE; C3 STEROL DEHYDROGENASE; C4 METHYL STEROL OXIDASE; CYCLOARTENOL; LANOSTEROL SYNTHASE; SQUALENE MONOOXYGENASE; STEROL 14ALPHA DEMETHYLASE; STEROL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; BACTEROIDETES; BIOINFORMATICS; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; LIPID ANALYSIS; METAGENOME; METHANOTROPH; METHYLOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANCTOMYCETES; PROTEOBACTERIA; STEROL SYNTHESIS; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

EID: 84980328084     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00990     Document Type: Article

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