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Document Type
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Article In Journal
Document Title
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How do gut microbes break down dietary fiber?
How do gut microbes break down dietary fiber?
Document Language
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English
Abstract
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Trillions of commensal bacteria in our colon thrive on what we do not digest in our small intestine. Many have evolved multiple sophisticated machineries, termed polysaccharide utilization loci or PULs, for carbohydrate breakdown; each PUL may target a particular complex carbohydrate. Until now, studies have focused on the structural and functional characterization of individual PUL constituents. A recent work by Larsbrink et al. moves the scope from single-gene analysis to the entire PUL dissection
ISSN
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0968-0004
Journal Name
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TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES
Volume
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39
Issue Number
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4
Publishing Year
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1435 AH
2014 AD
Article Type
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Article
Added Date
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017
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Researcher Name (Arabic)
Researcher Name (English)
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Dr Grade
Email
Nicolas Terrapon
Terrapon, Nicolas
Researcher
Bernard Henrissatt
Henrissatt, Bernard
Researcher
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