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From microbe to man: the role of microbial short chain fatty acid metabolites in host cell biology

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Biomass Utilization by Gut Microbiomes

(2014) Bryan A. White et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

Genomic Characterization and Transcriptional Studies of the Starch-Utilizing Strain Bifidobacterium adolescentis 22L

(2014) Sabrina Duranti et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

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Tuning transcription of nutrient utilization genes to catabolic rate promotes growth in a gut bacterium

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Molecular details of a starch utilization pathway in the human gut symbiontEubacterium rectale

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Xylan utilization in human gut commensal bacteria is orchestrated by unique modular organization of polysaccharide-degrading enzymes

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Superresolution Imaging Captures Carbohydrate Utilization Dynamics in Human Gut Symbionts

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Multifunctional Nutrient-Binding Proteins Adapt Human Symbiotic Bacteria for Glycan Competition in the Gut by Separately Promoting Enhanced Sensing and Catalysis

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Resistant Starch: Promise for Improving Human Health

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Effects of Diet on Resource Utilization by a Model Human Gut Microbiota Containing Bacteroides cellulosilyticus WH2, a Symbiont with an Extensive Glycobiome

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Bacteria of the human gut microbiome catabolize red seaweed glycans with carbohydrate-active enzyme updates from extrinsic microbes

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The N-glycan Glycoprotein Deglycosylation Complex (Gpd) from Capnocytophaga canimorsus Deglycosylates Human IgG

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Starch: Its Metabolism, Evolution, and Biotechnological Modification in Plants

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Reconstruction of xylose utilization pathway and regulons in Firmicutes

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Specificity of Polysaccharide Use in Intestinal Bacteroides Species Determines Diet-Induced Microbiota Alterations

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I-TASSER: a unified platform for automated protein structure and function prediction

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Substrate-driven gene expression in Roseburia inulinivorans: Importance of inducible enzymes in the utilization of inulin and starch

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SusG: A Unique Cell-Membrane-Associated α-Amylase from a Prominent Human Gut Symbiont Targets Complex Starch Molecules

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Expansion of the Protein Repertoire in Newly Explored Environments: Human Gut Microbiome Specific Protein Families

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Current Concepts of the Intestinal Microbiota and the Pathogenesis of Infection

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Coordinate Regulation of Glycan Degradation and Polysaccharide Capsule Biosynthesis by a Prominent Human Gut Symbiont

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Complex Glycan Catabolism by the Human Gut Microbiota: The Bacteroidetes Sus-like Paradigm

(2009) Eric C. Martens et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Characterizing a model human gut microbiota composed of members of its two dominant bacterial phyla

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HaloTag: A Novel Protein Labeling Technology for Cell Imaging and Protein Analysis

(2008) Georgyi V. Los et al.   ACS Chemical Biology

I-TASSER server for protein 3D structure prediction

(2008) Yang Zhang   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Mucosal Glycan Foraging Enhances Fitness and Transmission of a Saccharolytic Human Gut Bacterial Symbiont

(2008) Eric C. Martens et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

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(2008) Edward A. Bayer et al.   CHEMICAL RECORD

Divergence of Catalytic Mechanism within a Glycosidase Family Provides Insight into Evolution of Carbohydrate Metabolism by Human Gut Flora

(2008) Tracey M. Gloster et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY

Polysaccharide utilization by gut bacteria: potential for new insights from genomic analysis

(2008) Harry J. Flint et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Starch Catabolism by a Prominent Human Gut Symbiont Is Directed by the Recognition of Amylose Helices

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