ENZYMOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF BILE ACID 7alpha- AND 7beta- DEHYDROXYLATION BY THE INTESTINAL BACTERIA CLOSTRIDIUM SCINDENS AND CLOSTRIDIUM HYLEMONAE
The collective microbial genomes within our gut(microbiome) represent a powerful metabolic force, leading many authors to call our GI flora an "organ within an organ", and the metagenomic sequencing of our microbiome, "the second human genome project". Bile acids, endogenously pr...
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VCU Scholars Compass
2008
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Online Access: | http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/736 http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1735&context=etd |