Study of the baiG Gene in Bile Acid 7α-Dehydroxylating Bacteria

Recently, intestinal bile acid 7α-dehydroxylating bacteria have been implicated in cholesterol gallstone disease. Eubacterium sp. strain V.P.I. 12708, a bile acid 7α-dehydroxylating bacteria, contains multiple bile acid inducible (bai) genes which are located on a large bai operon. Genes of this ope...

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Main Author: David, Michael
Format: Others
Published: TopSCHOLAR® 1999
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Online Access:http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/747
http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1750&context=theses